Overall: An interesting one. It has almost no presence in the nose, but shows really nice body on the tongue. It isn’t until the finish that the flavors really come to life. Seems odd to skip the smelling and tasting stages to get to the good stuff, but there it is. I wouldn’t rush out and buy a bottle of this, but it’s worth a shot if you see it on a bar menu, but drink it first in the lineup – I doubt it would stand up well next to other, more robust drams. I would guess that the extra five years in barrel would give the 15-year official bottling the assertiveness and complexity that is missing here. So when then owners Allied Domecq mothballed the place in 2000, there were fears Glencadam would be the next in line for the chop. However, Angus Dundee stepped in and took over the distillery and revived its fortunes in 2003. Almost immediately, they began to alter the course of Glencadam by introducing age-stated single malt whiskies, as up until that point the distillery had mostly been producing malt for blends. Perhaps this no-nonsense approach to whisky making comes from a firm reminder that around 20 years ago, just before the whisky market began to take off again, things weren’t looking too rosy for the eastern Highlands distillery. With Water: A few drops of water opens a little orange-blossom honey on the nose, and adds some kind of citrus to the palate. Seems otherwise not to affect the whisky. A few drops doesn’t hurt, but I wouldn’t try to add more for fear of washing out the already subtle flavors.

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Finish: Tasty, with a soupy mix of vanilla bean, creme brulee, and vague nuttiness. Fades with an awesomely strong note of roasted chestnuts. Not at all bitter, but on the short side. Whiskybase B.V. (“Whiskybase”, “we” or “us”, company details below) offers a whisky enthusiasts online platform that provides its members access to the most comprehensive, transparent and trusted resource of whisky bottles and allows and stimulates its members to contribute information about whisky bottles to the platform (“Service”). Palate: Excellent creamy body, like a single-grain whisky. A bit sharp on the tongue burn, for a 46%. Resolves with marshmallow, raw pecans, and fresh sweet whipping cream. Light in character. This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. Joking aside, Glencadam showcases rather well the rising appeal of single malt scotch whisky in recent times. For years, Glencadam seemed like yet another overlooked distillery – seldom did you see people raving about it, and it never seemed to get much attention among pundits. It was never the centre of attention, nor were their products serviced with big, flashy marketing campaigns.The Service has been prepared by us solely for information purposes to Members and the Service is based on information we consider reliable and we obtain the contents of the Service from a number of different third party sources (including Contributions), but we do not endorse, support, represent, warrant or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of the Services and any information therein.