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| Hello, that is considered one of our (nearly) every day tastings. Santé! |
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January 13, 2022
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Extra loopy malty travelling (peacefully) |
| Let’s go to just a few pleasant international locations, no less than we can’t even want any Covid cross. |
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Stalk & Barrel (60.2%, OB, Canada, cask #105, +/-2021) 
This from the Nonetheless Waters Distillery in Harmony, Ontario. I imagine it is the primary time I am attempting something from these superb people’. It’s a single malt. Color: gentle gold. Nostril: relatively singular, whereas that is relatively an excellent factor. Begins just a little butyric, maybe, however I am relatively keen on this type of leek purée to which somebody well-intentioned would have added peanut butter and roasted malt. However at 60%, we can’t take any additional probabilities… (new insurance policies at château WF). With water: the anticipated heat sawdust and vanilla custard, in any other case tons of brioches and croissants. How and why would we be in opposition to that? Mouth (neat): good, Stolle, butter, caraway, candy curry paste, satay, mashed potatoes, vanilla cream, limoncello, praline and caramel lotions… Engaging however then once more, 60%+… With water: lemon bread and cake. The wooden was well-controlled, it is a simple drop, enticing as I mentioned, however we each know the place the lure might lie… End: success, no extreme sawdust or tannicity, relatively some candy curry and lemon chutney. Feedback: drink with pakora. I would not suggest poutine. Significantly, it is a very pretty drop, I am unable to wait to strive some barely older ones.
SGP:641 – 84 factors. |
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Did we simply point out pakora? Off to India then…
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Amrut 7 yo 2014/2021 ‘Brandy End’ (60%, OB, India, LMDW, Conquête, cask #204, 150 bottles) 
Brandy? That is just a little brief, is that Cognac? Armagnac? Armenian brandy? Indian brandy? Brandy de Jerez? Now the voltage is excessive, as soon as extra. Color: gold. Nostril: that is meta! Not brandy, not precisely malt whisky, however a drop ridden with dried fruits of all types, which we simply love. Anybody would love this. Raisins, naturally, additionally rambutans, litchis, figs, jujubes, dates, gojis… I discover this elegant, I am even positive this drop is nice to your well being. Let’s dig just a little deeper… With water: whiffs of damp earth very early in a summer season morning. When water does this, that is excellent news. Mouth (neat): wow, who made this? Mr Ashok? It is simply good, with precisely an ideal mixture with dried fruits and something from a so-called ‘menthol’ cluster. Look, relatively than record descriptors and being more likely to bore you to demise, I will simply point out ‘outdated Laphroaig’. Precisely. No, no typo. With water: distinctive. All aforementioned dried fruits plus chartreuse and eucalyptus. End: good, a tad extra tropical. Candied mangos? Wonderful. Mint within the aftertaste. Feedback: typically Amrut would simply raise you up out of your seat. ‘Woo hoo’, however what was the brandy?
SGP:651 – 90 factors. |
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Since we’re in Asia… (cognitive myopia placing once more)…
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Yoichi ‘Discovery Non-Peated’ (47%, OB, Japan, LMDW, 4812 bottles, 2021) 
Some unpeated Yoichi, so in a approach, Nikka’s equal of ‘Highland Caol Ila’ a.okay.a. ‘Caol Ila Unpeated’. However no age and no classic statements right here; my buddies, the world goes badly. Color: gentle gold. Nostril: marshmallows, candyfloss, custard, all-flower honey, banana foam, then sweeter blonde beers. I used to be about to say IPA however I am utilizing that descriptor on a regular basis, I will attempt to discover options. Mouth: let’s be frank, that is relatively superior, with a really pretty stability between the contemporary fruits (bananas, apples, gooseberries, plums) and the mentholy/natural components that will, at occasions, whisper ‘I am Japanese!’. I will even dare point out sake and bean curds, if not barley shochu. End: medium, completely nicely constructed, with inexperienced bananas, sesame cake, plus relatively curiously, wee notes of absinth and lemon liqueur within the aftertaste. Feedback: on the one hand, I am discovering the absence of any indications associated to considered one of any whisky’s key components, which is time, just a little hopeless. Alternatively, let’s be trustworthy, this composition is relatively f**** sensible.
SGP:661 – 88 factors. |
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Off to Denmark… What is the logic, you ask? Nicely this one too was bottled at 47% vol. There, acquired you.
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Stauning ‘Smoke’ (47%, OB, Denmark, rye, +/-2021)
You can’t not love a Distillery that will identify a few of its whiskies ‘Kaos’ or ‘Bastard’. Now ‘Smoke’ is a bit more civilised, I am questioning why they have not used ‘b**** smoke’ and even ‘f**** smoke’ as a substitute. Color: gold. Nostril: mega-LOL. Sauna oils, burning rubber (dragster after a race), bicycle internal tube, teak oil, glues and greases, gun oil, model new Harley dealership, new Tesla… I am positive you are following me. Love this. Mouth: big enjoyable. Questioning in the event that they have not used smoked water, or in the event that they have not type of barbecued some unsmoked rye whisky of theirs, or used some other unmentionable processes. Who cares, I am a fan of this ‘whisky’ that acquired off the crushed tracks way back. Salty rubber? Snuff? Chewing tobacco? All-purpose industrial grease? End: lengthy. Chewing salted tyres. I do know. Feedback: what is the worth of enjoyable? What number of b*** ‘factors’? The query is, would I purchase a bottle? Definitely not, I’d purchase a 6-case and current my 5 finest buddies with a bottle. Every.
SGP:372 – 88 factors. |
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Since we have been having excessive concoctions, let’s strive a contemporary German whisky which will remind us of… Nina Hagen. Whom I’ve met a very long time in the past, thoughts you.
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St. Kilian 2017/2021 (61.2%, OB, Germany, for Whisky People, ex-Garrison Bros. cask, cask #498, 86 bottles)
We have simply had one other cask, a really thick ex-oloroso that had been fairly overwhelming. Liked it however I imply, you had to make use of a pipette and three hours to drink your glass, critical. I might wager this will probably be totally different… Color: gentle gold. Nostril: goodbye, I am leaving with my glass, see you when it is empty. Significantly, we’re wandering all through a barley discipline prepared for harvest, whereas listening to… wait, let’s stay particular, Amon Düül II on the Walkman ™. Beautiful breads, muffins, rolls and brioches, with only a tiny banana and just a little chalk. Now, 61.2%… Amon Düül or not, water is required. With water: clear breads, bananas, scones, additionally wee fermentary notes, wort, beers… Mouth (neat): relatively distinctive. Bananas and marzipan first, then just a little varnish and just a little kirschwasser, amaretti, bitter almonds, apricot spirit (watch prussic acid)… what’s positive is that you must get pleasure from almondy tastes as a lot as your really does. With water: and there, it is a wrap. Just a few funky/varnishy tones. End: relatively lengthy, a tad disordered however that is youth. Orange squash and some curry-like spices from the oak. Honey sauce. Some roasted almonds, rubber and popcorn within the aftertaste, is not that the Garrison Bros. winking at us? Feedback: a joyful mess at occasions, however the enjoyable is large and it loves speaking to the Stauning. Very insane whiskies, each.
SGP:572 – 89 factors. |
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