Scotch Malt Whisky Society G7.2

$161.99

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FASCINATING AND INSPIRING

A 27 Year Grain whisky bottle at 60.3% after maturing in a Refill Hogshead. 

Panel's Tasting Note: "We found the nose both fascinating and inspiring – lightly varnished wood, then honey, toffee popcorn and marzipan sweetness; fruit cake (raisins and cherries) and Italian sponge (lemon and vanilla). Typical of grain whiskies, the taste lagged slightly behind – but definitely pleasant – peach and apricot, lemonade, manuka honey, toffee, vanilla, scorched wood, almonds and a lemon peel finish. The reduced nose was light and bright – like sunshine on barley; pineapple, pear, marshmallow, meringue, crème brulée and sugared rose petals! The palate benefited from water – scented wood, incense, Demerara and a little frisson of nutmeg. The distillery is near the Ayrshire coast."

Drinking Tip: "Add a touch of water and take time to enjoy the fabulous nose."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 105.17

$170.99

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WOWEE!

A 28 year old Speyside dram bottled at 55.3% after maturing in a First Fill Sherry Hogshead! Sister cask to 105.15.

Panel's Tasting Note: "Wowee! – a mouth-watering nose – initial waves of teriyaki, soy noodles, crispy bacon, cough medicine and rum, followed by roast pork with apple sauce and sultanas cooking in cinnamon, butter and sugar; also some grass, wood glue and bubble gum. We tasted fascinating flavours of char siu pork, dried figs and cooked cherries and apples – then a breath-taking finish of liquorice, shoe polish, wood and posh leather. The reduced nose was sweeter and tamer – spiced onion jam and Old English Spangles. The palate now suggested brown sugar on porridge, maple candy and hints of grapefruit. The distillery has a musical clock tower."

Drinking Tip: "While waiting for the roast pork to be ready – easy on the water."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 3.182

$149.39

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PEELING TANGERINES IN A HOSPITAL

A 21 year old Refill-Bourbon cask bottling of Bowmore filled at 46.4%.

Panel's Tasting Note: "We found quite a bit of fruit on the nose – tinned pears, passion fruit and 'someone peeling tangerines in a recently painted hospital' – in addition we enjoyed lavender, orange blossom, patchouli, burnt paper, smoky bacon and well-kept stables – quite complex all in all. The palate had Elastoplasts and gauze bandages, star anise, walnut fudge, honeysuckle, nutty tobacco and baklava. Water brought freesias and parma violets, creosote and peat fires to the nose, while the palate became sweeter, developing slightly burnt treacle tart, sugar cane and dark chocolate coated marzipan with some coconut to finish. The distillery was built in 1779."

Drinking Tip: "A good barbeque or camp fire dram."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 7.73

$134.09

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SUNSHINE ON BARLEY FIELDS AND MEADOWS

An 18 Year Speysider, matured in refill Bourbon and bottled at 56.4%.

Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose entertained us with spicy oak, leather, pepper, polish and glue; considerable toffee and vanilla kept blossoming in the glass – followed eventually by dusty tobacco, cigar boxes and saunas. The flavours were dark and interesting – attractively bitter; hinting at dark chocolate, leather, singed orange zest, liquorice, tarragon and chipotle chillies. The reduced nose gave us sunshine on hay bales, barley fields and meadows, Old English spangles, oatmeal, raspberry and banana, with tutti frutti ice-cream and vanilla underlying everything. The taste became fruity, floral and perfumed but with nippy, earthy elements – full and complex. From the distillery next to Benriach."

Drinking Tip: "A lazy, sunny, Sunday afternoon dram."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 4.163

$108.89

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SOARING SWEETNESS AND OCEAN SPRAY

1 Year Orcadian matured in a 1st Fill Bourbon and bottled at a whopping 62.8%!

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: "A wonderfully restorative dram."

Dalmore 1979

$595.79

Richard Patterson's Tasting Note: "Warm inviting nuances of orange peel, mandarin, bergamot and white sandalwood draw you in, while soft whispers of aromatic opopanax, myrrh and vanilla will complete your panorama of vintage pleasure. Thick creamy caramel, fudge, melon pulp and marzipan tease your tongue at first but soon other tantalising tastes come into play. Chocolate orange, bitter chocolate, walnuts and spicy cinnamon complete a magical, memorable aftertaste never to be forgotten."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 29.115

$161.99

CANDY FLOSS IN A FAIRGROUND

This 22 year old Ileach is from a Refill Sherry Butt and was bottled at 55.8%.

Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose was savoury (lamb, gammon, smoked sausage) with definite tobacco (Players Navy Cut), peanut M&M’s, Stollen, banana loaf, raisins, cumin and jasmine. The taste suggested a sea-soaked collie being hair-dried! We also found roasted, salted peanut shells, vanilla, big smoke (smoked mussels?), nettles and ginger cake. The reduced nose evoked hurricane lamps in a loft, while the previous savoury experience became black pudding, haggis and soy sauce. At last, some sweetness came to the palate (candy floss in a fairground, peaches in syrup) along with gunpowder, fruit tea, geraniums and laurel flowers. The distillery produces Prince Charles’ favourite dram."

Drinking Tip: "After paddling in the sea or while drying your hair."

Duncan Taylor Glenrothes 1970

$355.49

My Tasting Note: Nose: chewy and leathery from the go, with some notes of melon and tropical fruits poking their heads out of the ground; fresh chocolate covered strawberries and other red fruits are to be found too; Palate: very fruity and soft, with a creamy long body that rolls right into the finish; the fruits are preserved (strawberry jam) and fresh (mangos), but restrained by the creamy oak which is never bitter, but very toffeed and sweet; the leather has softened to new ladies gloves; Finish: fresh, fruity, creamy and smooth with some spice and floral notes that emerge as the tidy of creamy oak recedes.

Duncan Taylor Imperial 1995

$102.14

My Tasting Note: Nose: dusty and malty to start, it becomes more lush and floral with every whiff; barley sugar, sweet toasted oak and white chocolate Hershey's Kisses; soft fleshy fruit notes too, like peaches and dried apricots; Palate: very soft and sugary with more chewy barley, and sugary oak; the palate like the nose is quite floral and grassy with a surge of liquid honey and sweet spices: cinnamon hearts and candied ginger; light but oily/coating body; Finish: warming and more sweet/spicy oak, with the floral notes and white chocolate/honey fading last.