Jan-Case
GlenAllachie 12 Year Old Chinquapin (US) Oak
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
February 7, 2021 (edited March 5, 2021)
Young and fresh with some typical oak-only characteristics. I’m not too familiar with the styles of different oak types so I can’t really make out a difference to European oak. It is good though. Fruity, some spices, good amount of florals. Surprisingly I don’t vanilla or citrus notes, which was what I expected.
The mouthfeel is also fresh and lively. It develops some sweet berry flavors after a while and then settles with spicy wood (the fresh cut kind) with soft caramel notes.
Becomes really malty later and fairly sweet.
Nice and quite interesting but not exiting enough. It feels quite young though with a edgy alcoholic burn.
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