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For some reason, this Hogshead of Glenburgie only produced 149 bottles... which raises some questions. Was it a leaky cask? Or perhaps did it excite the tastes of the warehouseman charged with its care? We may never know. What we do is that our second exclusive Glenburgie cask from Elixir Distillers is here, and it won't last long. Hogshead cask 751404 was distilled on December 10, 1998, and bottled on May 19, 2021, after 22 years at 54.4%.
700ml mlAndrew's Tasting Note
Nose: Old English Butter Scotch and Rum Raisin ice cream; toasted oak and waxed paper; loads of white fruit, starting with applesauce and evolving into apple strudel with creme Anglaise... despite the two world wars those play nicely with each other, right? as it opens up it gets more tropical, guava and papaya.
Palate: big, toasty and sweet; it starts off very nutty: candied almonds, beer nuts, and maple glazed walnuts; it moves quickly and deftly on the sweet-creamy tones; as with its countrymen in said world wars, the strudel makes an appearance but is overpowered by the Old English Butter Scotch and Creme Anglaise (are we still on side?); as with the nose the tropical fruits develop as the whisky breathes and opens up; a touch of smoky barrel char too.
Finish: long (not unlike the staying power of the British Commonwealth forces in two global conflicts last century), coating, toasty, and nutty with fading tropical fruits.
Comment: this is a nuttier and more cask-driven Glenburgie than our last one, but fret not the tropical fruits are still there... the secret is not to rush it; give it time to breathe and it opens up nicely; also, the price... for a 22 year old single cask... phenomenal!
$264.99
This 21 year old Glenburgie was distilled in 2000 and matured in a Refill Hogshead cask before bottling at 50%.
Note that this was distilled at Glenburgie distillery, not the legendary and mythical Glernburgie Distillery that we previously fabricated by means of a typo. Like the fabled Macallum, Ardberg, and Aberdelfy before it, the Glernburgie distillery has been mothballed, demolished, and spell-corrected.
