Balvenie Single Barrel 15 Year

Tried this one with a buddy. We may have had a few drinks prior, but here’s what we came up with! Nose: Some dried fruit, mostly crisp/green apples, with maybe a bit of pear. Sweet clover, like a hay field, or clover honey. Taste: Honey and glazed apple early, with a leather and oak base. Dried fruit and peppery spice through the middle, which hits a bit quickly, keeping that oaky base. Fades into more pepper, and almost some vanilla with a burnt honey flavor. Finish: Lasts a while, but really mellows. Spice and honey and dried apples, still with some vanilla. Like the last breathe of an unexpected carnival. You’ll want to take another sip. Do not add water! Really. Not good with the water. We’d say neat only. Sincerely, Two drunk guys.

I recently reviewed the Balvenie 17, which was an effort to complete the old core line following the recent discontinuation of some of the expressions. This is another one of those expressions. The 17 was well worth the purchase, so I’m hoping this one delivers as well. Nose: Plum, red grape, date, fig, and raisin. Classic Olorosso sherry notes. Cranberry, apple, orange, and apricot. Pound cake.Toffee, vanilla, butterscotch, caramel, and malt. Toasted almond and macadamia. Plenty of oak Creamy custard. Cinnamon, clove, nutmeg add some spice. Palate: Cranberry, apple, orange citrus, and apricot. Plum, red grape, raisin, date, and fig. Very plush. Vanilla, caramel, toffee, and butterscotch hit heavy. Toasted almond and macadamia. It’s quite floral, and the orange is now accompanied by some melon. Finish: Apple, pear, apricot, and orange citrus. Plum, date, fig, raisin. Honey, caramel, vanilla, toffee, butterscotch. Cinnamon and white pepper. Custard on the way out. Plenty of oak. Moderate-to-long. Solid whisky. Very standard Balvenie, Speyside profile. The notes don’t really vary much from nose to palate to finish, but they’re about what I was looking for. The fact that it’s a bit too standard keeps this clean, quality malt from scoring above a 4.25, which is a respectable score as it is. I wish I had taken the opportunity to get one or two more of these before they got discontinued. Oh well. The 17 and the Peat Week releases still rate as my favorite Balvenie expressions, with this, and maybe the 12 Single Barrel, clocking in closely behind. Solid stuff, Balvenie, that overpriced 16 year better be earth-shattering if it means parting ways with this and the 17.

뽕따했을때는 알콜이 많이 튀어서 시간이 필요해요 한껏 머금고 있으면 알콜에 절여지는데 플로럴한 향이 피어오르고 달달합니다 풀리기 전에는 이 시점에 약간의 씁쓸한 맛이 올라오는데 (마치 켐벨타운의 황내 처럼) 풀리고 나면 그마저도 잘 느껴지지 않아요 12000번대 였습니다

Rich, sweet, full of honey, little fig and pear

Taste: It starts with a big punch of honey. It’s quite bready with a hint of pecans and wet cardboard. The bourbon cask is pretty restrained. Look: Deep golden Smell: Honey