Tastes
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The gentle sparkling beast from the east 94.10 (SMWS)
Single Malt — Highland, Scotland
Reviewed April 12, 2024 (edited April 14, 2024)Nose: Orange, summer berries, jam, cinnamon, caramel, honey and dry roasted nuts Palate: Fresh jammy fruit, plums, cherries strawberry. Malty and a little fragrant - Earl Grey, oak, vanilla, maple syrup and Demerara sugar Finish: Medium finish. Liquorice, leather and black tea. More of the plummy jam and roasted nuts. Creamy mouthfeel and very sherried. Fettercairn Distillery Distilled: 05-08-2007 Cask: 1st fill ex-Pedro Ximenes hogshead 1 of 263 bottles I really like this dram. OB Fettercairn’s can be a very tasty, light dram, but they are often a little thin to my palate. This has all of the flavour of the PX Cask OB, but adding a layer of creamy, unctuous, caramel and thickening the berry jam. Lovely structure. Wisps of spice and a backbone of oak. A wee cracker!85.0 GBP per Bottle -
Nose: Sherry, vanilla, oak, caramel, dried fruit (raisins), dried orange peel Palate: Sweet. Sherry, caramel, dried fruit (oranges, dates, raisins). Wisps of peat. Finish: Medium finish. Cinnamon, clove, black pepper, orange peel, vanilla. Hints of coffee and cocoa. Overall, this is a pretty drinkable sherried and sipicy dram that changes throughout thr layers; swert and sherried, then into caramel and chocolate and finishing on thr spice. A pretty decent sipper.
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Highland Park Cask Strength Release No. 2
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed March 11, 2023 (edited March 12, 2023)Nose: Kids sweets, pear drops, wet wood smoke, damp peat Palate: Sweet and peaty, salt/saline, treacle, honey, liquorice, toasted oak, black pepper, aniseed Finish: Long finish. Light smoke, nutty, chocolate, chilli, toasted oak. Aftertaste brings out salt, oak, burnt caramel, millionaire shortbread and leather. This is a fantastic dram. Creamy, unctuous, salty, smoky, woody... I could go on! This is complex, layered and, above all, tasty as hell! For the price point this is a bargain, too - just watch out for its 63.9% ABV - ouch! An absolute cracker of a dram.54.9 GBP per Bottle -
Nose: Nuts/almonds, sawdust, sweet caramel Palate: Creamy mouthfeel, sweet, oaky, nutty, vanilla, mild ginger, buttery Finish: Short finish. Wisp of smoke, oak, wood, green/menthol, light baking spices. Smoky aftertaste Woody (surprise!), creamy and buttery on the palate and very sweet. There are hints of spice, smoke and menthol, but only really on the finish. Not a bad affordable dram.26.95 GBP per Bottle
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Nose: Lemon, vanilla, wood smoke, fresh cut grass Palate: Sweet, caramel, tropical fruit, oak/wood, chilli, black pepper. Buttery and mellow. Clean Finish: Medium short finish. Sweet oak, vanilla, white pepper and ginger. Souring on the aftertaste An uncomplicated whisky - oak and pepper, creamy and buttery. It's a bit of a bargain for this easy drinking dram.24.9 GBP per Bottle
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Nose: Citrus, lemon, cream, malt Palate: Malt, bread, nuts, black pepper Finish: Short finish. Citrus, cereal, wood. Souring lemon on the aftertaste This is a really easy to drink blend of grain and malt from Japan and Scotland. Tastes exactly like what it is, a pretty decent blend.42.94 GBP per Bottle
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Arran 2012 10 Year Old Private Cask No. 12/0854 UK Exclusive
Single Malt — Scotland
Reviewed February 25, 2023 (edited July 13, 2023)(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual Whisky Tasting, 04 February 2023). Nose: Nail polish, red berries, caramel Palate: Caramel, sweet, dried fruit - raisins & dates, vanilla, cinnamon, allspice Finish: Long finish. Christmas notes. Sherry, vanilla, caramel. Green, menthol and white pepper on the aftertaste. 500 litre Oloroso sherry butt. This is a total sherry bomb. Chewy, full-bodied, fruity and unctuous. An excellent whisky. Came first out of the six drams, with 55% of the final vote for favourite of the night. 100% of those present said they enjoyed the whisky. There were two stand out drams that dominated the voting, so some of the whiskies may have unfairly suffered as a result.82.0 GBP per BottleThe Good Spirits Co. -
(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual Whisky Tasting, 04 February 2023). Nose: Candied fruit, floral, citrus, window putty Palate: Sweet honey, full bodied, rich, caramel, berries, berry pudding, malt loaf Finish: Long finish. Sweet tobacco, black pepper. There's a brandy note on the finish. Loads of dark dried fruits - figs and dates. Unpeated spirit Concerto malt (mostly from Fife) 24 ex-bourbon casks, finished in Madeira casks Unctuous, sweet and full-bodied. Caramel, fruity and malty. This has a bit of a burn to it, but the fullness, layers of sweetness and creamy mouthfeel makes is a hell of an enjoyable burn! A wee cracker! Came close second out of the six drams, with 45% of the final vote for favourite of the night. 100% of those present said they enjoyed the whisky. There were two stand out drams that dominated the voting, so some of the whiskies may have unfairly suffered as a result. I liked this enough to buy a bottle during the tasting.67.5 GBP per BottleThe Good Spirits Co.
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(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual Whisky Tasting, 04 February 2023). Nose: Menthol, mint, forest floor, melon, orchard fruit/apples. Damp & musty Palate: Fruity - sour berries, pears, stewed apple, sweet, light peat smoke, black pepper Finish: Long finish. Musty, ashy, muddy. Loads of ash and char. Pepper, leather and tobacco Distilled: 08 March 2006 Bottled: November 2022 This is not as peated as I'd expect from Croftengea. There's a fruity sweetness throughout, but the peatiness is mostly absent apart from little wisps here and there, and a musty dry ashiness on the finish. Came joint last out of the six drams, with 0% of the final vote for favourite of the night. 91% of those present said they enjoyed the whisky. There were two stand out drams that dominated the voting, so some of the whiskies may have unfairly suffered as a result.95.0 GBP per BottleThe Good Spirits Co.
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GlenAllachie 2012 Vintage Cuvée Wine Cask Finish
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed February 25, 2023 (edited January 24, 2024)(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual Whisky Tasting, 04 February 2023). Nose: Floral, nutty, hairspray, stone fruits Palate: Sweet, spicy, fruit (redcurrants & cranberries), wood shavings, orange zest, creamy mouthfeel Finish: Long finish. Nutty, blackberries, liquorice, coffee, dark chocolate. Dries on the aftertaste. This is a departure from the typically sherried spirit we expect from GlenAllachie, less sherried and veering towards brandy notes. A pretty decent, if ultimately dry dram Came joint last out of the six drams, with 0% of the final vote for favourite of the night. 64% of those present said they enjoyed the whisky. There were two stand out drams that dominated the voting, so some of the whiskies may have unfairly suffered as a result.55.0 GBP per BottleThe Good Spirits Co.
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