Stalk & Barrel Single Malt

(From Cask #4, Bottle #279). Very pale colour. First whiff is young Highland single malt, but that's quickly overtaken by huge white grape and "grappa" nose. White Mr. Freezies, plaintains, sugar syrup, black tea, anise, barley sugar, apricots? Banana-flavoured medicine (like amoxicillin, I think it's called)? Slightly oily, waxy texture, good body. Soft at first but then the heat builds to a searing white pepper. Very juicy, lots of white grape/grappa, honey, raisins, tea, plums and prunes . . .Slightly herbal finish. It's clearly very young spirit, and still needs time to come into its own. But it's a solid enough demonstration of a work-in-progress (evidence that the ingredients and distillation process themselves are on-point), and hopefully as S&B grows we'll see some older, 8-10 year bottlings that bring everything together.