soonershrink
The Cally 40 Year (2015 Special Release)
Single Grain — Edinburgh, Scotland
Reviewed
April 1, 2024 (edited April 19, 2024)
Celebrating the end of 40 days of Lent with a 40 year old whisky. Hefty dose of sweetness on the nose, brown sugar, butterscotch, candle wax with a burnt wick, old varnished furniture. The palate matches the nose for me, along with some baking spices mixed in with the old oak going into the finish.
I had this before trying the Glenglassaugh Sandend and the difference in quality was fairly stark. I actually really enjoyed the Sandend, but the old oak notes really set this apart. At the same time, and only the tiniest of quibbles - I think this isn't quite as complex as I had hoped.
Still, for the first time to ever taste any whisky in the 40s, it was a sublime experience and a great way to wrap up Lent. Huge thank you to @pkingmartin for the opportunity to try this.
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Great choice to close out lent and glad you enjoyed it.
@soonershrink @Anthology i had a pour of this as well (thanks to @pkingmartin ), and absolutely loved it. But , was above my pay grade at close to $1000. If you want something more affordable that gets you 95% of the way there, see if you can find 100 Seasons Light whiskey. Was about $200.
Nice review and great way to close out Lent. I eyed this bottle for so long when it was still available at local retail stores. Couldn’t quite get myself to pull the trigger at the asking price then. Not sure what it costs now but I’m guessing it’s probably at least 1.5X what it was around 2016/2017, which incidentally was also earlier in my whiskey journey. I was lucky to later find some 1970s IB single grains over 40 years at much reasonable prices. Hoping there’s no significant difference between the old single grain IBs vs OBs