br8nd
anCnoc 24 Year
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
March 2, 2023 (edited April 24, 2024)
Talk about a cluster fuck. I cracked open a new bottle, really excited to try this whisky. As I (gently) twisted the cap, the cork promptly broke off. I tried to grab it with a corkscrew but the remainder of the cork fucked off right into this beautiful naturally caramel colored malt.
Nose: cork. That’s all I smell.
Palate: Fucking cork. Heavy cork.
Finish: lingering regret and corky cork cork.
I wrote all that before I tried it at all. I tasted it and it’s fucking amazing. I don’t know how to save this bottle. FUCK!
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To avoid this, before opening any bottle , turn the bottle down and move / twist the cork around. I do this in all my bottles once a month
Lol great review, I feel your pain and am going to get a cork-free bottle as soon as I can
@br8nd this happened to me a few times. I just chugged the entire bottle. Make sure you have no plans rest of the day, and day after.
(1) that is making me sad, (2) I shouldn’t laugh, but the review is hilarious. Lingering regret. Outstanding.
These are great tips. Thank you! I need to start saving corks. I ended up pouring it into an empty bottle. Crisis averted!
If you have an empty bottle around, you can strain it into the other bottle.
This has happened to me many times over the years. I use a piece of polypropylene box-strapping tape about 8mm wide and a half metre long to extract the cork residue (this sort of stuff https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/closeup-detail-freight-parcel-plastic-strap-201850735) What you do fold the tape to make a loop, insert the loop into the bottle and manoeuvre it under the offending piece of cork. Gently raise it into the neck and then drag it out of the bottle. Whisky corks are softer than wine corks, so it should squash down without much effort. If there are any small crumbs of cork left they will be floating and you can lift them out the same way. I also learnt long ago to save my bottle corks and I have several large zip-lock bags, so I’ve always been able to find a suitable replacement. If you don’t have a cork you could use a silicone wine-preserver cork or just cover it with some plastic film and a rubber band.