Copper Dog Blended Malt

You get all the ex-bourbon flavour profile straight on the nose right in the middle so that's all the sugary, candy, toffee and vanilla. Very gentle wave of all the sugary goodness goes in while you feel green apple or maybe even a drop of lemon in the background. You will get the oak bitterness almost like a dry black tea just subtle not too much in the end. Overall it's a sugary goodness whiskey so you can enjoy with your friends with our thinking too much or needed to examined each individual profiles just have a good time.

This vatted (blended) malt caught my attention here on proof66 a few weeks ago. "What an interesting name, have never heard of it" I thought. I checked for online reviews, found four or five and all were positive. I decided to give it a try if I could locate it. Finally found a source in NY that would ship and took the plunge. If my research on this is correct, this malt blend was the brainchild of the folks at the Craigellachie Hotel, where the Copper Dog bar is located. It is a NAS blend of 8 (or more) Speyside malts. Diageo is taking care of the marketing distribution and owns a minority interest. This vatted malt came in to existence in 2016. (The term "copper dog" came about because it was such a good friend to many distillery workers in past years. It was a length of copper pipe, a coin soldered to one end a cork in the other, the whole thing attached to a chain to allow it to be carried out of sight down a pants leg. When convenient, it could be dropped through the open bung of a barrel, taking a few drams of the owners whisky to be taken home, no one the wiser. I found a couple neat videos on youtube demonstrating these) ON TO THE TASTING: This vatted malt is in the price range of Monkey Shoulder and Naked Grouse, but apparently not as readily available. It noses of malt, honey-comb, vanilla. and a touch of ripe orchard fruit--peach I think. On the tongue these are all present with an overall butterscotch note. It is full flavored, soft in the mouth, and a very pleasant dram--but, not an outstanding dram if you are a long time Scotch drinker and are searching for stronger or more defined flavors. This is a solid "middle of the road" malt blend. That makes sense, for the Craigellachie folks said they were looking for a good mixer to compete for the customers who were not so much "Scotch drinkers," but mixed drink drinkers using spirits other than whisky. This is a solid blend. However, I drink my Scotch neat, and there are better choices for the same money for me.

Single note, boring

Salty

Chocolate wafer notes, sunflower seeds nuttiness.

Sweet and mellow. Faint smokey aftertaste. No bite.