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Sherry Butt – 54.6%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Cognac
Nose: Acetone, even a hint of vinegar, rum soaked raisins.
Palate: Very fruity, almost like rum soaked gummi bears and yes, vinegar
Finish: Very long and rummy
Overall: This is sherry gone crazy, just too much of it in my opinion. The chemical nose puts me off as well. But I am sure some will love this dram.
Score: 75/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Autumn Distillation – McGibbons Provenance – 46%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Pale straw
Nose: Smoke, vanilla, honey, a bit of lemon.
Palate: All that’s in the nose plus a little salt.
Finish: Very long, sweet smoke.
Overall: A bit similar to the Benriach Heavily Peated, but doesn’t quite reach it. Still a very nice peated Speysider, though.
Score: 84/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Bourbon Cask #140864 – 58.9%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Pale straw
Nose: Quite weak and grainy, a bit of vanilla and lemon, becomes a bit stronger with water.
Palate: Vanilla, honey, nuts, a hint of lemon, very spirity wihtout water.
Finish: Medium long, nutty and a little sweet
Overall: A very light-bodied malt, might be suitable as an aperitive but has not much to offer overall. Needs much water to overcome the sharpness of the spirit.
Score: 72/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Bourbon Hogshead 1683 – 46%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Pale straw
Nose: Dry smoke, even a bit medicinal, lemon.
Palate: Quite smoky and phenolic, citrus fruit, vanilla, a touch of honey
Finish: Very long, sweet and smoky
Overall: An amazing peated Speysider. I think it can be best described as “clean peat”. Without the maritime character of the Islay malts but with a distinctive medicinal character that comes close to that of a Laphroaig. And yet it is surprisingly smooth. What a great whisky!
Score: 90/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Bourbon cask – 49.5%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Straw
Nose: Needs very long to develop, give it at least 20 minutes. Then very pleasant with pineapple, and apples, slightly grassy, and slightly floral.
Palate: Various tropical fruit, vanilla, a bit herbal with a whith of smoke.
Finish: Long and fruity with just a minimal amount of smoke involved.
Overall: This rare dram needs a lot of time but rewards you with an interesting fruity taste experience. The minimal smokiness gives it a bit of an old-fashioned character. Very enjoyable but not a canditate for the bang-for-yor-buck list
Score: 86/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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59.7 %
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Gold
Nose: Honey, vanilla, apples.
Palate: Honey, vanilla, caramel, a bit less fruity han the nose suggests, quite spicy with ginger and a hint of aniseed.
Finish: Long and spicy
Overall: A very nice and complex malt that should be enjoyed slowly. Needs quite a bit of water to soften the alcohol bite.
Score: 84/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Bourbon Hogshead – 58.3%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Gold
Nose: Honey, caramel, citrus fruit. Needs a bit of water to open up.
Palate: Surprisingly herbal, a hint of mint, caramel, vanilla, lemon, later some pepper
Finish: Long and spicy
Overall: I’m not a big fan of herbal malts, but this one is really nice. The complex aromas need some time to develop, though.
Score: 85/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Old Train Line – 50.4%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Bright Gold
Nose: Pineapple, lemon, vanilla, a tiny whiff of smoke
Palate: More tropical fruit, a little caramel sneeks in as well as slightly herbal notes and a bit of pepper.
Finish: Very long and slightly smoky.
Overall: A great old whisky, creamy and fruity with a big nose backed by a big palate. The gentle smoke blends in perfectly.
Score: 91/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Usually, I drink my whisky neat, but I am also a fan of cocktails, especially of those made with whisk(e)y.
One of my favourites is the classic Manhattan, consisting of American Whiskey (I prefer Rye), sweet Vermouth and Angostura bitter.
I have always wondered why there are so little cocktails based on sherry. After pondering this for a while I had an idea: Why not make a Manhattan-like cocktail with sherry and a sherried Scotch ?
Well, the classic sherry dram is a Macallan, and the name fits nicely, so I decided to give it a try. And it sure tastes fine!
Ingredients
5 cl Macallan Sherry Oak 10yo, 12yo or 18yo
2 cl medium dry sherry
2 dashes of Angostura bitter
Preparation
Stir ingredients in a large glass or jug filled with ice and strain to a cocktail glass. You can add the classic Maraschino cherry used for the Manhattan, but I prefer it neat.
Enjoy!
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The new standard botling after the reopening – 43%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Gold
Nose: Citrus fruit, smoke, oriental spices
Palate: Peat, caramel, citrus, a bit of liquorish and nutmeg
Finish: Long, dry and smoky
Overall: Surprisingly smoky, but well balanced with spices and a slight sweetness. It even reminds me a bit of some old-fashioned whiskies from silent stills. I am looking forward to older expressions with the same character.
Score: 84/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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