soonershrink
BenRiach 6 Year Old 2011 - The Octave (Duncan Taylor)
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
April 21, 2022 (edited April 23, 2022)
This is a review for a 7-year version of this, bottled at 53.2%. Distilled 2011, bottled 2018. 3 months in octave. Bottle 42/79. 67$ plus tax seemed worth a flier.
The nose is fruity, smoky, meaty, nutty, honey-ey, all in about equal measures. The palate is much the same. A little on the thin side, which is maybe attributable to youth, but the proof is nice. The finish is pretty ashy. Someone described the taste of the 6-year version of this as Christmas honey smoked ham with cherry and pineapple, and I think that nails it. So much so, that I suspect one's enjoyment of this is likely to hinge on how much one enjoys Christmas ham. I happen to be a ham fan, so I like this one, but I could see the meatiness not being liked by some.
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@soonershrink I don’t remember adding it!
@Richard-ModernDrinking 👍 I just saw that you had added the bottle to Distiller, so I assumed you had already tried.
@soonershrink It looks like I’ve had a small sip of the sample in my “Scotch - B” box but I will have to revisit before I can comment!
@Richard-ModernDrinking what did you think of this one?