Something very unusual, a while ago, Ben Nevis Distillery also had a Coffey still for production of grain whisky as well as malt. Some was blended and filled into cask in 1962 and has now been bottles, I only know of one other 'single blend' - Loch Lomond.

The whisky, with all that marrying is great! Light, lemony and venerated oak, slightly bitter in the aftertaste this is all that a good blend should possess, complexity with no dominant characters.

Like Mitchell's from Springbank, this is a delight of blending from the West Coast. Rich full and slightly peaty.

Good value deluxe dramming, buy two.

[Blind tasting note from RJ during the SFWC:

Nose.

Vigorous, slightly smoky/peaty, gingerish, drying, old coffee, orange oil.

Taste.

Oily, slightly cloying, tannic.

Adequate, a little sulphury and 'off' but mature, too much wood.

A big seller in America.

[Blind tasting note from RJ during the SFWC:

Peat, salt and must over quite strong graininess and apparent high alcohol that makes it quite harsh and woody, water doesn't help at all. Quite a challenging level of bitterness with citrus fruits in the taste, well flavoured but not entirely pleasant.

SCORE 8/10]