LeeEvolved
Strathmill 10 Year - Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon & MacPhail)
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
April 30, 2018 (edited June 14, 2018)
Continuing on with our penultimate round of samples, we find ourselves at the Strathmill distillery, in Speyside. This distillery was originally called Glenisla-Glenlivet, but was renamed Strathmill based on a combination of Strath (meaning “shallow valley”) and Mill (in honor of the location’s previous use as a corn mill). It was founded in 1891 and is currently owned by Diageo. It’s primary use is as a blend contributor to J&B and Dunhill blends.
This sample is from Gordon & MacPhail and is light gold in color and makes oily, fat legs in the glass. It’s bottled at 46% ABV.
The nose was very light and restrained at first: alcohol notes, cornmeal and, as Paul noticed, latex paint. I let it sit open in a copita nosing glass for 10 minutes or so and I got a little sweetness, but not enough to save the nose from it’s big fail. The palate reminded me of cheap bourbon: peppers, corn and ultra-harsh oak. Strike two. The finish was medium length, warming and oily with a heavy oak presence. Not a full strike three, but nothing redeeming, either.
Thanks to @Telex for sacrificing his hard-earned money for this one so we could tick Strathmill off the list. It’s a shame it just wasn’t much good. I’ll follow Paul’s generosity and award it two stars, but not a penny more. It’s not worth seeking this one out. Keep on truckin’.
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@PBMichiganWolverine - @Telex knows better than that. He wouldn’t dare bite the hand that feeds him... As for the NFL, I quit watching that stuff 7-8 years ago when the commissioner decided the 9-6 defensive gems weren’t entertaining enough and changed the rules so the offense can run their entire playbook without fear of getting hit. It’s a glorified arena league now. Final scores like 42-38 are pitiful. The fact a bunch of the players act thuggish and political now are just reasons for me to happily stay away. I’ve just about had it with MLB baseball, too.
@Telex for the final round, you should put 5 layers of that wax you did in your earlier rounds; send that to @LeeEvolved . In fact, for him, wax the entire box. Packaging and all.
@LeeEvolved I need to replace my Sunday football with figure skating...
@PBMichiganWolverine - those little Russian and Asian female skaters are insanely hot. So, yeah.
@LeeEvolved. Wait...you watch figure skating...? 😊
@PBMichiganWolverine - nah, MVP scoring is like figure skating- we throw out the highest and lowest scores and find the average from what’s left. You’re good, lol.
@LeeEvolved that MVP is quickly negated b/c of my infamous Girvan. That alone is a disqualifier ☺️
I am pretty sure I rated the Corry higher. Hmm. I know I had a couple 5.0s in there as well. I might have to double check the scores. Lol
@PBMichiganWolverine @Telex @Generously_Paul @Scott_E - that google sheet is gonna be a lot of fun to analyze once this is over, too. I wonder who will have sent the highest rated samples for the tour and extras vs who sent the worst stuff. I bet Pranay will be our MVP when this is settled.
@Telex - not according to the sheet lol. Ardbeg 4.5, Glenfiddich 4.75 🤣 It’s okay, you know I’m just breaking your balls anyway, right? 😃
That’s an error actually. I gave the highest score to Ardbeg. :)
@LeeEvolved no...the real question is...what did he give the Girvan? I swear that one can be used for our military’s Enhanced Interogation peocedure for ISIS
@PBMichiganWolverine @Generously_Paul - if you wanna see something really funny- @Telex gave his highest score to a Glenfiddich. I repeat, a Glenfiddich. Hahahaha
@Generously_Paul. @LeeEvolved. Interestingly enough, and I guess not surprising, the tops in that excel are the classics—Talikser 10, Ardbeg Corry. Once you take off the parameters (which was the case for bonus ones6, it’s EH Taylor Four Grain, Four Roses LESB, and Macallan Black
@Generously_Paul - I think it will be just as entertaining, when this whole SDT is over, finding out which ones got the lowest scores as which got the highest. Yeah, this one didn’t do much for me.
I’ll put this in the top 5 worst on the tour. Probably top 3