Glenrothes 8 Year (SMWS 30.121 "Worth Hunting Down")

 

I have had so little Glenrothes - in fact, my records say only one bottle, also a single cask release from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society ("SMWS"). That bottle was even younger, only 7 years old, but featured very similar casking as this one - initial sherry maturation with a finish in a STR sherry butt, so I am expecting it to be mostly the same. 

Glenrothes is a Speyside distillery owned by the Edrington Group (Macallan, Highland Park, etc.), was founded in 1879, and uncommonly features their own cooperage on-site. 

Glenrothes 7 Year (SMWS 30.114 "The Nutcracker")

 

Of all the twelve flavor profiles in the Scotch Malt Whisky Society ("SMWS"), I have had Spicy & Dry the least. Which is a shame, because I do tend to like spice bombs - big explosions of allspice, cinnamon, sometimes coriander or pepper, perhaps nutmeg or even pumpkin spice.