NIKKA WHISKY FROM THE BARREL 3RD TRY When a malt whisky and a grain whisky come of age, leave the casks they’ve called home, and fall in love, they get “married” - the process of blending and re-casking whisky. It’s a complex wedding for a master distiller to arrange but can ultimately lead to marital bliss in the form of this whisky from Nikka that only comes in 500ml bottles. Nikka From The Barrel is drawn from a blend of more than 100 different batches of malt and grain whisky produced at the brand's Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries. LIGHT SWEETNESS, FRUITY, FRANGRANCE, NO PEPPER, VANILLA 3.5 IODINE CHEAPNESS FLAVOUR, BUT YOU ALSO CAN TASTE THE COMPLEXITY THAT THIS TRY TO ACHIEVE, IS IT OVERACHIEVING THOUGH. OILY, IODINE, YOU DETECT HINTS OF FRUITINESS, PEAR, PEPPERY HEAT, DRYNESS 2.75 OAKY, DRY, HEAT 1 2.25 CAVEAT THAT THE IODINE MIGHT BE OFFPUTTING FOR ME ON MOST DAYS, BUT ON THE DAYS WHERE I FEEL I CAN TAKE THE PEPPERINESS, SUCH AS WHEN ACCOMPANYING WITH A MEAL THAT IS DULL IN FLAVOR-PROFILE, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS ACCOMPANIMENT NIKKA BY THE BARREL 2ND TRY CARAMEL SUGAR, PLEASANT NOSING, SWEETNESS, RED BERRIES, RAISIN, NO BURNS 3.5 INTENSE OAKY, IODINE IS THE WAY I WOULD RELATE TO THIS, BITTERNESS, THE SUGARINESS DOESNT CONVERT FOR ME - DONT TASTE IT AS MUCH AS THE NOSING SEEMS TO PROMISE, A THIRD MOUTH OF THIS SEEMS TO NUMB ME TO THE IODINE, BUT IT IS DRY AND HARSH FOR THE BACK OF THE THROAT 1 CARAMEL BURNT SUGAR, SHORT-MID FINISH, ARTIFICAL SUGARY FINISH 2 1 Nosing: complex whishwash, typical bourbon smell Flavour: nuts, caramel, iodine, saltiness Finish: iodine, no peat 0.5