Slainte-Mhath
Scallywag Blended Malt
Blended Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
October 10, 2020 (edited October 14, 2020)
Our little Shiba Inu Akito (秋登) moved in last week, so Douglas Laing's Scallywag was the obvious choice to mark the occasion. Hailing from Speyside, the aroma accentuates orange blossom, pears and vanilla cream. Christmas spices, brown sugar and peach emerge. On the palate, boiled fruits, nutmeg and dark chocolate are interwoven with lemon zest, eucalyptus drops and roasted coffee. Cereal notes, fruit cake and spearmint migrate into the lasting and slightly astringent finish. This dram is like a well-behaved puppy with a charming tail wiggle!
RATING: 3.5/5.0 stars ≙ 83 pts → ABOVE AVERAGE
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@Slainte-Mhath appreciated ... first time I had 16 notifications on my phone for Distiller ;)
Apologies for clustering my followers activity feeds - I had to catch up with all the reviews that I missed while I was busy with the puppy! Slainte!
@Slainte-Mhath That sounds rough. Good thing you have a Scallywag scotch in addition to a scallywag puppy ;)
@ContemplativeFox Thank you! The little one kept me awake half of the night, he doesn't understand that I am not eager to play with him at 3:00 am!
@Slainte-Mhath Congratulations on the puppy! I've joined you and @cascode with a Scallywag toast to you and Akito. It's too early in the afternoon for me to have more than a so though, so I'll have to finish it up and fill in a tasting later.
@Slainte-Mhath Good to know - if it compares favourably with Rock Oyster over time then I know it's a winner.
@cascode Thanks! I hope you like it, I found the quality comparable to Rock Oyster and Timorous Beastie. Big Peat is slightly better, The Epicurean a tad weaker.
@Slainte-Mhath Lovely review, and congrats on the new member of your household 🙂 I've had a bottle of this sitting on the "open-sooner-rather-than-later" shelf for a while so I just cracked it and had a dram in your pup's honour. I'll review when I've had time to consider it properly, but your comments sound pretty spot-on. Cheers!
Additional comment: Apologies for my recent absence, a puppy is a lot of work (and joy)! https://www.instagram.com/akito_the_sesame_shiba/
Additional information: Named after Douglas Laing's Fox Terrier, this Blended Malt is a combination of Macallan, Mortlach and Glenrothes (amongst others). It was matured in sherry butts and bourbon hogsheads.