On ice at Intercontinental Hotel, Madrid, May 7 2019.A wheat-colored pour with golden highlights. Very intense nose, completely biased by the barrel: vanilla, clove, tobacco, caramel.In the mouth it…

On ice at Dry Martini Bar, Madrid.A cloudy yellowish amber pour with nice oiley streaks.Aroma is quite intense: sweetish (vanilla), citrusy (kumquat, yuzu), licorice, iron, even (and I'm gonna get a lot…

Neat at Hesperia Hotel, Madrid; what was once a superb joint for whisky lovers, that is, the Scotch Bar within the hotel, doesn't exist anymore: Hesperia has been acquired by Hyatt and the old dim-lit…

First neat, then on ice, at home.It pours bright golden, with some greenish shades and the oily streaks that are so common in any Johnnie Walker when hit directly by light. I must say the greenish tinges…

On iceball at home. I know this one is a mixer but let's give it a try on its own.It pours clean golden to amber with some oily highlights. Aroma is rather low: before adding water all I get is boozy and…

On ice at Intercontinental Hotel, Madrid, sipping spring water along. It pours pale golden with green shades and oily streaks. Mild aromas of grain (mainly corn; barley and wheat too), some banana.…

On ice at Hesperia Hotel, Madrid. It pours dark golden with some greenish streaks. Aroma is quite intense: vanilla, spruce, smoke, corn flakes, even some fig. Mouthfeel starts like a horse kick, really…

Neat at Domo Bar, Eurobuilding Hotel, Madrid (nice venue for scotch, they have an extensive list and not-so-high prices.)It pours straw-colored with some salmon streaks (sorry if I'm being a little…

Tasting it right away, as I write this review. Present of my dear friend Ana, thanks!It pours dark wheat to light amber, slightly hazy. Mid-intensity aroma is cereal fields, dry pine cone, pineapple…

On the rocks at Hotel Puerta América, Madrid. It pours pale golden with some greenish streaks. Aroma is rather low and very sweetish: Bazooka gum, cherry candy, caramel, vanilla... and a hint of spruce…