Imperial Distillery 17 Year Old Signatory Vintage Cask Strength #50135 Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 52.7%

Nose: Rich honey, and very cereal and grainy. All great stuff. Some vanilla and cake frosting. Sweet lemon custard with a slight edge to it. A few drops of anise. Essence of summer flowers with a side of wild strawberries. (with water) Lots more sugary sweetness and buttery sweet cake frosting. Vanilla. Just a few echoes of the flowers and wax. Honey and almost sweet, 'yellow' thick bourbon. Palate: Thick and honeyed. No trend here. Rather rich and decadent. It's …

from a purchased sample 46% Nose: Painfully light and faint. I'm really working on this, and I'm struggling to get much of anything at first. Malty, cereal, and grainy. A little lemon zest and honey. Finally faint oil/wax. A touch of smoke and more bitter wax. Downright Clynelish-y at points. It's not the most lively or full, and the wood is loud relative to the rest of it, offering a dull sweet character. Palate: This is an improvement. Oily, honey, …