Scotch Malt Whisky Society 26.85
$144.89
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COMPLEX, CAPTIVATING AND CHRISTMASSY
A 19 Year Northern Highlander at 58.7% from the town of Brora matured in a Refill Barrel.
Panel's Tasting Note: "The complex nose captivated us immediately – sand candles, jasmine, musk, orange blossom, butterscotch, dark chocolate-dipped cherries, green fruits, cedar and wool carpets. The mouth-coating palate had myriad fruits (melon, star-fruit, peach, cherry lips) and ginger, wasabi heat later. The reduced nose was still lively, with a light fruit top note, but also deeper swirls and eddies of mint, oak and candles on Christmas trees. The palate was rewarding and enjoyable, with waxy textures, the cooling of mint and something that reminded us of Christmas preparations – sweet home baking, the cosy hearth and wintery weather outside. The distillery is in Brora."
Drinking Tip: "While preparing for Christmas, perhaps."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 125.60
$109.79
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EXPANDING UNIVERSE OF FLAVOUR
This 10 year from the "Vale of Tranquility" matured in a Refill Barrel and has been bottled at 60.6%.
Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose conveyed the sweetness of dark honey, toffee popcorn, caramel and barley sugars and the richness of plain chocolate, prunes, tarte tatin and hot cross buns. The palate was exciting – an expanding universe of texture and flavour – sticky toffee pudding, treacle, banana chips, dried figs, vanilla and pepper. The reduced nose elicited brandy snaps, bread and butter pudding, medjool dates, fruit cake, black tea and dark wheat beer. The palate delivered a fine balance of sweet barley tones and deeper resonances of oak, with a warming nutmeg spice after-glow. From the distillery that stands in the Vale of Tranquility."
Drinking Tip: "While watching a good film."
Fettercairn 24 Year
$284.39
G&M MacPhail's Glenlossie 1982
$123.29
G&M MacPhail's Tamdhu 1971 40 Year
$224.99
Glenrothes 1988
$103.49
Abhainn Dearg First Edition
$339.99
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 85.22
$105.29
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A LADY OF THE NIGHT
60% after 12 years in a Refill Sherry Butt.
Panel's Tasting Note: "Dark scents beset us: date loaf with Pecan nuts, rum truffles, Jamaican ginger cake, fudge with raisins, and a waft of (unlit) menthol cigarettes. At natural strength the taste is sweet with a light bitterness like burnt toffee ('salt-water taffy' commented one), dark chocolate in the finish and Kendal mint-cake in the aftertaste. Water conjured a leather couch against a backdrop of dripping candles, Pecan pie, treacle tart and Caramac, with a smooth texture and a centre-palate taste, sweet overall, with hints of spice and camphor in the finish. The malt comes from the last distillery to be built in the 19th Century."
Drinking Tip: "Reclining on a leather Chesterfield with a special friend."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 93.46
$100.79
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TAR, TEA-CHESTS AND ENGINE OIL
Matured 12 Years in a Refill Sherry Gourda cask, and 59.8%.
Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose started out with wood polish and pear, before turning sweeter (strong honey, toffee crunch ice-cream). It also had a smoky, oily meatiness, like grilled lamb chops and a coal-miner's overalls. The palate was somewhat challenging at full strength – putty, plasticine, tar and liquorice root but with big toffee and fudge sweetness. Water turned the nose cleaner – citrus, banana, candle-wax and honeycomb, but with distant singed mackerel or breakfast kipper. We agreed the reduced dram was eminently drinkable – bourbon cream biscuits and brandy snaps balancing leather, tar, tea-chests and engine oil. This distillery's cast-iron mash-tun is painted bright red."
Drinking Tip: "An outdoor party dram."