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| Hello, that is one in every of our (nearly) every day tastings. Santé! |
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July 28, 2021
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Some uncommon Ben Nevis for little WF’s nineteenth Anniversary |
| Certainly, proper as we speak we’re 19 and we could not have had simply something for this awful web site’s Anniversary. Ben Nevis! The truth is we have a tendency to love to strive dozens of Ben Nevis in a row because it’s such an attention-grabbing and awesomely ‘wild’ malt whisky, however this time, we’ll have solely two, besides that they will be fairly uncommon certainly. In concept… (whereas we hold considering of Colin Ross)… |
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Ben Nevis 6 yo 2015/2021 (58.1%, Roger’s Classic Choice, cask #34, 328 bottles) 
This child’s marketed as being ‘closely peated’. We will see… It is also ex-first fill sherry, so let’s watch out should you please… Color: gold. Nostril: bacon! I imply, bacon as in bacon, and as in bacon crisps, bacon Doritos, bacon bourbon (Jim Beam, Ol’ Main), MacDonald’s Cheddar and Smoky Bacon… Properly, we’re ‘culturally’ (okay) extraordinarily removed from bacon, however that is very spectacular and, guess what, type of balanced. However you can put your glass in one other room and nonetheless scent bacon, actually… Even the cats go loopy simply now. With water: extra common fudgey smoke, coal, creosote, butterscotch… Mouth (neat): I’ve to admit I take pleasure in this rather a lot. This time there is not solely bacon, there’s additionally lime, tobacco, ginger paste, a little bit wasabi if not chilis (rougail, Creole spice combine), peppered fudge… Actually, love this bizarre concoction. With water: it loves water. Touches of gunpowder, truffles (on the palate), in any other case pepper and maybe spinach. I agree spinach is not frequent in whisky. Oh and naturally, fried bacon. End: very lengthy, however I am questioning, by what miracle was it stored balanced? Now what’s to be discovered within the aftertaste, in your opinion? That is proper, smoked bacon. Feedback: brainwave. I am not saying I would quaff a gallon whereas listening to a speech by President Macron, however brainwave. With 1 bonus level for inventiveness.
SGP:555 – 90 factors. |
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Ben Nevis 25 yo 1990/2015 ‘Mr Taketsuru ‘ (61.3%, OB, rejuvenated barrel, cask #1, 235 bottles)
An historic bottling as this was the very first cask stuffed after the reopening of Ben Nevis Distillery, which had been purchased in 1986 by Nikka’s Takeshi Taketsuru, son of Masataka Taketsuru. Most sadly, Mr Taketsuru couldn’t strive his bottled cask, as he handed away in 2014 on the ripe age of 90, one 12 months earlier than his barrel was disgorged. Color: gold. Nostril: it is most likely very silly however I am considering of Yoichi. Certainly, it isn’t a ‘tremendously deviant’ Ben Nevis, it is somewhat a ‘fatter clear one’ that, in my humble little e-book, would somewhat really feel Japanese certainly. Most likely my thoughts taking part in methods on me however there, I attempt to write what I believe. Having stated that, it was a rejuvenated barrel, so with additional filtering powers. Plantains, greener mangos, vanilla, marzipan, avocado juice, butter croissants, vanilla fudge, cinnamon rolls, coconut water… So that you see, not a really wild Ben Nevis certainly. With water: identical emotions. One of many cleanest, and but fattest Ben Nevisses I might nostril. Mouth (neat): a little bit Ben-Nevisness certainly (smoked inexperienced olives anybody?) however aside from that, it is absolutely on peach syrup (enormous), marzipan, verbena and wormwood, vanilla and coconut, touches of sandalwood, inexperienced spices, pink bean paste (azuki paste or anko, or these daifuku moshis, that are wonderful)… It actually is a superb Yoich… I imply Ben Nevis. With water: will get much more tropical, with extra bananas, in any other case rosehip, jasmine and hibiscus teas, all having ‘Shocking Well being Advantages’ in accordance with Google. Google st*nks an increasing number of nowadays, should you ask me. End: medium and somewhat elegant, with hundreds of tiny fragrant herbs tickling your palate. It is unusual that whiskies would get even higher at this stage. Strawberries. Feedback: between us, I’ve to admit I would not have recognised the distillery, however it positive is likely one of the biggest Yoich… I imply Ben Nevis. Very good and uncommon.
SGP:651 – 90 factors. |
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We will see if we make it to Twenty. Twenty is a little bit an excessive amount of. Within the meantime, pleased nineteenth, little WF, you demanding mistress!
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Nonetheless, just some phrases…
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Expensive buddies, readers, whisky lovers, members of the trade, retailers and bartenders, we cannot write a protracted assertion or something like that, since 19 isn’t actually a quantity, is it? In any case, do not good distillers often wait till their 19 years previous spirit is 20 earlier than they disgorge and launch it? All I will say is that whereas transport alcohol, together with samples, throughout the Channel turns into more and more tough after Brexit, and after a protracted time frame with none whisky festivals ‘in flesh’, we nonetheless handle to assemble a wholesome (so to talk) quantity of liquid each week, so our statisticians are reckoning that we should not run out earlier than… 2025, ought to that ever occur. Oh, sure, by the way in which, sorry to disappoint you however certainly we don’t purchase approx. 1,000 bottles of +/- £300 (guestimate) spirits a 12 months simply to feed WF, even when I agree that might be very moral. Issues you are able to do whenever you style fifty or 100 spirits a 12 months you can’t do whenever you strive one thousand or one thousand 2 hundred of them. What’s extra, so far as site visitors goes, the most recent 12 months have proven file numbers as soon as once more, with all figures rising by round 15% (visits, guests, pages…) Which signifies that we nonetheless have not discovered the slightest motivation to vary something to this cavern-age little web site, we’ll simply go on filling it up… Now you can argue that our technological handicaps will additional accumulate, resembling our extraordinarily unhealthy search engine marketing, rising aversion to catchy headlines and rising non-compatibility with that wee tax-evading firm known as G**gle – to not point out silly A**xa. Properly, in our view, that is somewhat a bonus since we consider solely ‘good’ readership will then discover us, whereas all we cannot need is unintentional readership. In any case, we nonetheless rank #4 at Feedspot, simply after The Whisky Trade, The Whiskey Wash and Whisky Advocate, which frankly, is nice sufficient for us.
However this was too lengthy already, let me simply ship you a wee digital glass of Brora 1972 and say “à la bonne vôtre”, and thanks on your ongoing help! And due to our compadre Angus in Scotland, who’s been an incredible asset to this wee four-hand web site.
PS: the reopening of Brora Distillery was the most effective current piece of stories, on condition that little Whiskyfun.com began as just some pages about… Brora!
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