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| Hello, that is certainly one of our (nearly) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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September 13, 2021
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I imply, stuff coming with hip names, designs and tales, however no clear provenance. Certain we must always care, even when the liquid is sweet! Let me offer you an instance that is somewhat silly, however there. The brand new Aston Martins are sooner and extra dependable (not onerous) than the older ones, however I nonetheless desire to know that the brand new engines are literally Mercedes-Benz. Capeesh? Nah I agree, a really foolish instance, I may have quite used these smaller Mercedes-Benz that do truly shelter… Renault engines. Oh no matter, please scrap all that, let’s simply attempt these whiskies, randomly.
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Glensheil 5 yo 2011/2017 (46.1%, The Single Cask, cask # cask GR115C) 
Maintain on, many appear to say that is Loch Lomond, some that it is Glenrothes, whereas others say it is English, possibly due to the battle of Glensheil (the English defeated the Scottish Jacobites). Not even certain it belongs right here, however the glass has been stuffed, so allow us to proceed… Color: pale white wine. Nostril: fairly easy, with some wooden smoke and a few grist, plus a sourness (hints of child’s higher output, see what I imply) and a rising chalkiness. Mouth: candy and malty, with some cider apples, extra chalk, touches of icing sugar, lemon gums… What’s good right here is that that is near-newmake, whereas being already palatable and type of mature. A turning level. End: medium, gristy. Chalk and lemon within the aftertaste. Feedback: there should be a narrative behind this wee child. Nice and really pure, not less than it isn’t been boosted/STRised.
SGP:451 – 79 factors. |
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Electrical Coo 27 yo 1993/2020 (42.1%, Electrical Coo, Blended Scotch, refill sherry) 
This feels fairly ‘Syd Barret’, would not it, though the truth that this may be Mark Watt’s and David Stirk’s brainchild (apparently) would quite counsel a ‘Jagger/Richards’. Let’s examine… Color: gold. Nostril: quite excessive malt content material, solely minimal ’empty coconut’ aromas, if any. Apple pie with honey, maple syrup, and roasted pecans. Some contemporary walnuts too, pack of Camels (they’re going to shut us down sooner or later), drops of sourer wine, even perhaps a dollop of balsamico, over-overripe apples within the basement… Will you forgive me if I add ‘one thing of the previous Mac 30 blue label-blue field?’ The grain’s discreet. Mouth: I am actually not detecting a lot of the grain, maybe a wee lightness? These hints of coconut water? All the remainder is superb, on stewed orchard fruits and mildly spicy, er, spices. Walnut wine. End: medium, with extra walnut wine, ale, mead, a contact of paprika, and dried fruits arriving somewhat late. Dried figs and café latte (don’t pay attention, Starbucks). Feedback: tremendous good. Now, I might like to know somewhat extra concerning the grain whiskies which were concerned right here. Distilleries, cask #, proportions, precise vintages, wooden, and even whether or not it was maize of wheat. Thanks prematurely. PS the label additionally reminds of our favorite cheese after we have been youngsters, La Vache Qui Rit (the laughing cow).
SGP:551 – 88 factors. |
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Monkey Shoulder ‘Batch 27’ (40%, OB, blended malt, +/-2021) 
William Grant’s Monkey Shoulder has actually turn out to be large in France, so I say kudos, I hadn’t wagered a penny on it once they launched it. They preserve utilizing that very same ‘batch 27’ factor, I suppose it is solely there to trick the folks’s inattentive brains with ‘a quantity’ (credible or not would not matter, Your Honour), which is certainly one of all distillers’ favorite ruses-of-the-trade, as everyone knows. You realize, like Solera 23 and so on. Color: gentle gold. Nostril: as I remembered it. Biscuits, porridge, somewhat cardboard… Now possibly did they enhance it somewhat bit as a result of I quite take pleasure in this earthiness that I had by no means discovered earlier than. Whiffs of preserved pears and pineapples too. Sort of nice, or am I going comfortable? Mouth: I actually assume they improved it somewhat bit, it is quite fruitier, much less cardboardy… Now most individuals drink it with ice. End: brief, candy. Not unhealthy. Just a little tea and oak. Feedback: they appear to have made it sweeter, older bottlings have been actually cardboardy, based on my previous notes.
SGP:351 – 75 factors. |
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Maybe an previous mix, to Boris…
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Home of Commons 12 yo ‘No.1’ (40%, OB, Buchanan’s, +/-1985) 
I have been having this miniature for many years, I believe since Miss Maggie’s time. Sadly, I have not received any bottle of Home of Lords within the stash. Color: gentle gold. Nostril: some previous malts in there for certain, you do discover soot, marrow, bouillon, metallic polish, previous cash and all that, in addition to resins and mint, and apple pies after all. Actually previous model, with some doable OBE however we will see… Mouth: begins effectively, on advanced desserts and dried fruits, however this metallic aspect, which some folks would generally name ‘style of glass’ or ‘style of sunshine’ would then take over. However, some camphor and a few softer spices handle to maintain all of it afloat and I might fortunately declare, Mr Speaker, that it remained a reasonably good whisky. End: medium, on soups and sweeter broths involving raisins and different dried fruits. Feedback: the higher ‘cuvées’ by Buchanan’s have usually been very good. They are not very well-known inside our circles, however I say that is a disgrace.
SGP:462 – 80 factors.
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Blended Grain 44 yo 1976/2021 (44.8%, Thompson Bros., 276 bottles) 
All proper, they’re mixing grains now. Apparently, this stems solely from the Lowlands, so there should not be any Invergordon in there. Color: gentle gold. Nostril: extraordinarily comfortable and quite on maize and popcorn (North British?) in addition to vanilla cake and comfortable halva. Sesame and peanut, gently. Wee whiffs of moss and fern, moist underbrush, shoe polish (as traces), bamboo shoots maybe… What’s notably admirable is the truth that’s there’s little or no coconut, if any, and really average quantities of vanilla. Oh and no varnish. Mouth: at all times this wee weak point that I discover in simply any grains (no core), however these notes of banana and pineapple wines are superior, very delicate, nearly refreshing. Little gentle chardonnay. End: not that brief, candy after all, not precisely sugary although, quite on grape and apple juice I might say. Feedback: aside from the very previous ex-sherry Invergordons which have at all times been the perfect grains in my e-book, this one’s most likely nearing the highest. So far as grain whiskies go, that’s.
SGP:640 – 87 factors. |
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Speyside ‘Very Outdated Vatted’ (45.6%, Sansibar, blended malt, 485 bottles, 2015) 
My God, this was bottled six years in the past. Are we gradual or not. Color: gold. Nostril: metallic polish! Shoe polish! Malt soup! Umami! Glutamate! Wild mushrooms! Very previous white Bourgogne! Roasted tofu! Jamaican espresso! Mouth: Speyside, actually? That is fairly peaty, sooty, with tons of chalk and clay, white wine, fats Sancerre (I do know I am usually mentioning Sancerre however in my wee thoughts, Sancerre and a few Alsatian Rieslings actually are ‘whisky wines’, which means that they do share many aromatics with correct unengineered malt whisky.) Nice Speysider, even when it isn’t very ‘Speyside’, besides if some components are actually very previous. I imply, round wartime, as much as the Fifties. Doubt it… End: wonderful, salty, savoury… Gamey aftertaste, with only a tiny soapiness that’ll stop me from going over… Feedback: over this mark…
SGP:462 – 90 factors. |
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Secret Speyside 8 yo (56.1%, Roger’s Hidden Treasures, bourbon, 285 bottles, 2021)
Color: white wine. Nostril: fashionable. Shortbread and butterscotch, crêpes, pears roasted in butter, uncooked Williams pears, younger calvados… Seems like pears have taken over, or quite, have not given up management but. I like pears. With water: identical, pears and porridge plus grist and husk. Mouth (neat): pear eau-de-vie advert libitum. I’ve the sensation that I’ve tried this earlier than, and but I am lifeless certain I have not. How unhealthy is it Physician? With water: is not this quite a Secret Calvados Domfrontais? Truthfully? Keep in mind, normally, Domfrontais is usually extra pears than apples, even when by regulation, it is quite minimal 30% pears. I am sorry we’re squatting this whisky session with Calvados points… (an enormous Calvados session quickly on WF.) End: medium, quite extra on doughs and breads, barley, pastries… And pear liqueur within the aftertaste. Feedback: he/she who likes pears will love this. Excessive-definition younger malt from, from, from?…
SGP:751 – 87 factors. |
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A Speyside Distillery 15 yo 2005/2021 (52.4%, Thompson Bros., 552 bottles)
Two hoggies blended and completed for 2 years in oloroso. Some say the chicken on the label suggests that is Glen Elgin, which these tax evaders at Google’s would verify. All proper, however are you able to belief Google? Color: gentle gold. Nostril: nothing says this isn’t Glen Elgin. Glen Elgin is an excellent distillate, with an impressive fatness, this time we’re discovering somewhat miso, mutton suet, then sultanas, contemporary mint, extra miso… Wow wow wow. With water: the factor is, if that is Glen Elgin certainly, it’s a utterly outdated distillate, completely unmodern, even tough at occasions, and definitely somewhat cerebral. Existential? And sumptuous. Mouth (neat): large, very good, fats, ueberly (what?) assertive, meaty, with a fab sourness. We’re bordering cheese at occasions. With water: oh, please name the Anti-Maltoporn Brigade! End: lengthy. Feedback: what was that? It is unhealthy whisky, like a few of these ugly Picassos, it is simply that it might transcend our ordinary codes and references. Nice unhealthy whisky with one thing fairly Springbanky. One other unhealthy whisky that is fabulous, proper? Ooh I really feel I am dropping you… And by the best way, is it truly Glen Elgin?
SGP:372 – 91 factors.
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Speyside 22 yo 1995/2018 (55%, Dramfool, Spirit of Speyside Unique, sherry butt, 156 bottles)
Within the previous days, we used to assume that any nameless or secret Speyside was Glenfarclas. Which signifies that we tried fairly a couple of fairly unhealthy Glenfarclasses that weren’t, in actual fact, Glenfarclas. Nothing is straightforward, is it? Color: gold. Nostril: a fats hotness, walnuts and struck matches, gunpowder, pinecones, smoked ham… With water: a lot gentler, with some manuka honey and dried figs, however wee touches of sulphur stay there, hiding in the dead of night. Mouth (neat): marmalade, tight citrusness, then bitterer piney stuff. Not too certain. With water: would not deal with water extraordinarily effectively. Hen soup and dried dates. End: anecdotal. Dry and drying. Feedback: quite stunning and somewhat un-Dramfool in my e-book. Or did we discover their weaker spot? (we’d have added ‘LOL’ fifteen years in the past).
SGP:361 – 78 factors. |
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Sea Shepherd ‘Navy Power Batch #1’ (57.1%, Kirsch Import, 2020)
A quite Bruichladdichy bottle. 10% of the gross sales go to Sea Shepherd. You simply can’t be in opposition to that, so there, 100 factors. Subsequent… No, significantly, let’s attempt it (S., you are a ache within the neck along with your writings). Color: pale white wine. Nostril: contemporary clear younger Caol-Ila-type whisky. Kelp, seawater, oysters, ashes, contemporary almonds, kippers. With water: carbolineum popping out. Mouth (neat): impeccable. Younger, contemporary, with notes of contemporary paint (paying homage to) in any other case almonds, brine, oysters, lemon… With water: saltier but. Smoked oysters and simply seawater. Numerous seawater. End: lengthy, slender and millimetric, extraordinarily salty. You actually really feel such as you’ve simply swallowed a mouthful when you have been swimming from Kennacraig to Port Askaig. Feedback: pure younger Islay (CI), fairly frequent however flawless. Go Sea Shepherd!
SGP:357 – 87 factors. |
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Oh since we’re doing peat why not a straight peater as our final one in the present day?
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Massive Peat ‘The Peatrichor’ (53.8%, Douglas Laing, Feis Ile 2021, 5190 bottles)
Yeah I do know Feis Ile was three months in the past. Superb that DL would handle to maintain this sequence alive. Feels a bit like a ninth season on Netflix, however there, when it is good it is good, regardless of the decorum. Oh and I suppose there is no Port Ellen inside anymore (ha-ha, very humorous, S.) Color: white wine. Nostril: I imply, see the notice for the Sea Shepherd, that is just about the identical whisky (minus the nice trigger, naturally). With water: sameish. Numerous iodine and large fats oysters – we name them No.0 (zero). Mouth (neat): identical, superb. Massive salt. With water: a notch stronger with the peat, in any other case identical because the Sea Shepherd. End: grittier. A sense of drying ashes. Feedback: wonderful, as ordinary. Simply hope we can’t miss Massive Peat ‘The Kabul Equinox Tribute To Joe Biden’ Version later ultimately of September.
SGP:357 – 87 factors. |
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