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| Hello, that is one in every of our (nearly) every day tastings. Santé! |
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October 29, 2021
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I imply, Glen Keith, however questioning if pricey Keef ever tried Glen Keith. Is not Glen Keith the key to longevity? Let’s (partly) empty the field randomly…
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Glen Keith 21 yo 1995/2017 (51.5%, Douglas Laing, Outdated Explicit, refill hogshead, cask #DL 11647, 257 bottles) 
Color: mild gold. Nostril: all on recent barley, sunflower oil, recent bark, custard, marzipan, lamp oil, linseed oil, maize bread… I discover this fairly complicated and really elegant, if a notch unnoticeable (beware absent-minded tasters). With water: identical, oils, putty, barley… Mouth (neat): a lot tighter and really citrusy, as many Glen Keith are. Limoncello aged in oak, many roasted nuts (macadamia), extra uncooked barley, touches of candy buckwheat… With water: goes in direction of an excellent pilsner however by no means forgets the citrus. Citrusy hoppy IPA. End: of average size, on the identical flavours. Feedback: unquestionably excellent, if certainly a little bit ‘unnoticeable’. Oh effectively, it is merely not ‘in your face’ malt whisky.
SGP:551 – 85 factors. |
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Glen Keith 23 yo 1995/2018 (52.1%, The Whisky Truthful, bourbon hogshead)
I they ever cancel subsequent yr’s Limburg Whisky Truthful as soon as once more, I imagine I will slaughter the entire inhabitants of a small metropolis. Maintain on, I am wonderful so long as I do not publish this on Fb, am I not? Color: white wine. Nostril: pure barley and any type of beer made thereof. Solely formed by time in refill wooden, no different flavouring/aromatisation in sight. With water: identical. Oily barley water and a little bit recent putty and oil paint. Mouth (neat): we’re very near the DL, with the same citrusy profile and one thing very beery/washy. With water: identical. Superb. End: longer, centered, tight, barley-y and oily. Feedback: pure malt whisky, as in pure, in malt, and in whisky. No quibbling to be carried out. So, can now we have the Truthful subsequent yr?
SGP:551 – 85 factors. |
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Glen Keith 24 yo 1995/2019 (49.5%, Elixir Distillers, The Single Malts of Scotland, cask #171272, 250 bottles)
Good, ‘they’ did their (good) present this yr in London, so presto, et voilà, another level! Are you positive I’m joking? Color: straw. Nostril: identical because the Whisky Truthful, phrase for phrase. These whiskies are undistinguishable within the glass. Mouth: certainly. Glorious 100% pure malt whisky from Speyside that is stuffed many a superb blended Scotch. Excellent barleyness. End: identical. Pretty aged-limoncello-y feeling within the aftertaste. Feedback: which leads us to that seminal difficulty, ‘in malt whisky, is consistency actually an asset?’
SGP:551 – 85 factors. |
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Glen Keith 22 yo 1995/2018 (49.2%, Claxton’s, hogshead, cask # 1833-171290, 311 bottles)
I’ve this unusual feeling… Color: pale straw. Nostril: identical as that of the TSMOS. Mouth: kind of the identical as that of the TSMOS. End: just about the identical as that of the TSMOS. This one’s most likely a tiny-wee notch grassier, however there. Feedback: the query is, do you like flat sq. bottles or do you just like the common spherical tall ones higher?
SGP:551 – 85 factors. |
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Glen Keith 18 yo 1996/2015 (54.1%, Cadenhead, Genuine Assortment, bourbon hogshead, 294 bottles)
Oh, a Cadenhead from the great previous days! Color: white wine – and I imply very white. Nostril: it is a kind of ‘very refill’ bottlings that Cadenhead used to do, for the higher or the… even higher, so long as you are a sucker for distillate-focussed malt whiskies. Not obligatorily kerosene, this one’s very ‘impartial’ certainly however I actually take pleasure in porridge and muesli in my malts. So, porridge and muesli. With water: and uncooked wool, aspirin tablets, limestone, and much more porridge. Mouth (neat): pretty pure barley-y malt, with some barley syrup certainly and only a few zests and slices of granny smith. Contact of mercurochrome, maybe. With water: uncooked malt whisky of excellent high quality, A.Okay.A. an ideal filler. Citrus up. End: identical. Feedback: bwah, they’re the identical because the 1995s, only a notch grassier. I imply, this one’s a notch grassier.
SGP:451 – 85 factors. |
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Bored? Feels a bit like a Korean collection in regards to the Wehrmacht on Netflix, does not it… So let’s make each effort… (hey, love Korea!)
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Glen Keith 29 yo 1992/2021 (46.1%, Oxhead Whisky Firm, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #34260) 
This m.i.g.h.t. be a little bit completely different. Color: mild gold. Nostril: hurray, fruits! Not simply apples or lemons, additionally oranges, ardour fruits, papayas, then acacia and lime honeys, beeswax, patchouli, previous Roussanne/Marsanne (wine freaks particular), touches of spearmint, maybe pistachio syrup… Nicely that is simply one other dimension. Mouth: however how good is that this? A couple of woody tones right here and there (piney oils in the best way) however the remaining is superior, with bananas, honeys, actually massive chunks of ripe papayas, maybe hints of avocado, after which simply an impeccable barleyness. Very excellent. End: medium, fairly fats. Piney oils and banana skins. Feedback: not completely faultless however these tiny faults could be seen as belongings, like something associated to oak. I imply, in malt whisky. Fairly good, in fact.
SGP:561 – 88 factors. |
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Would not we rapidly strive extra Glen Keef?… What do you say?
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Glen Keith 20 yo 1995/2015 (48.6%, Liquid Treasures, Journey to Mars, bourbon hogshead) 
Journey to Mars? Do Musk, Branson and Bezos personal shares of this pretty wee whisky firm? Color: white wine. Nostril: that is fairly completely different from the opposite 1995s because it noses youthful, particularly extra on minimize pears. Apart from that, it’s barley bonanza. Mouth: excellent for some time, I believe I even prefer it a tad higher than the others, for it’s a little brisker. However it’s rougher as effectively, with even some sorts of notes of peat smoke that simply should not be right here. End: lengthy, much more on uncooked williams pear spirit. Sadly, there’s a little bit varnish too, not too positive that is welcome at this level. Feedback: Mars? Not too positive. Let’s transfer on.
SGP:561 – 82 factors. |
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Glen Keith 21 yo 1992/2014 (51%, Ramseyer’s, bourbon, 118 bottles)
I agree we’re very late right here. Mea maxima culpa, I am afraid I owe beers or riesling or Brora to many individuals on this tiny planet. Color: mild gold. Nostril: fairly on the aromatic facet and certainly we’re nearer to the brand new Oxhead 1992. Extra tropical fruits, mangos, bananas, plus oils (linseed) and a little bit plasticine. H2O ought to do a lot good to this toddler… With water: no, water closes it down and makes it grassy. Mouth (neat): extraordinarily good, fats, oily, barely resinous, with excellent fruit skins and dry eaux-de-vies. Not simple to explain however there positive is a sense of fullness right here. Tantric whisky? With water: water works higher on the palate than on the nostril, however I am undecided it was wanted. As an example ‘no’. End: medium, on good citrusy fruits. Pink grapefruits. Feedback: excellent, with superior fruits, however cautious with water. Bear in mind, water could be the enemy (that too will not go to f*****g Fb).
SGP:561 – 86 factors. |
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I might have cherished to discover a 90-Glen Keef for Keef, however I doubt we’ll handle. Good, a really final strive just for our frequent trigger…
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Glen Keith 17 yo 1997/2014 (52.3%, Chapter 7, bourbon hogshead, cask #72627, 309 bottles)
That is Swiss, proper, which signifies that it is critical, as we’re right here in neighbouring Alsace (however after all). Color: white wine. Nostril: ah, peaches past pears and citrus! Maybe a contact of oily rubber too and even a little bit washing powder, however let’s have a look at… With water: cancel that, we’re fairly discovering one thing subtly Thai now. Coriander? Pretty nostril that loves water. Mouth (neat): excellent bare, totally on barley, candy and oily spirit, with touches of liquorice and mint. Which, in the long run of the day, will at all times win it. With water: a tad extra unsure, maybe a little bit wee bit too piney. End: lengthy, inexperienced, on resins and bee propolis. Feedback: this was an older pattern. Nonetheless excellent, however please don’t maintain spirits in smaller containers whereas hoping they’re going to maintain without end. I do know what I am speaking about, I’ve received a number of hundreds. That is simply one other expensive fantasy, everlasting youth, whether or not parafilmed or not, doesn’t exist. Drink and luxuriate in, do not maintain, that’ll by no means work anyway except you are utilizing liquid nitrogen. And even then…
SGP:471 – 85 factors. |
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Sorry Keef, no utter winners and no dangerous losers both at the moment, however there’s some new OBs round too, no? Bah, some official Scottish distillers are fearful of their very own shadows and are nonetheless residing within the twentieth century anyway. Barely. Like, hey, there’s this new band from Manchester, The Smiths, watch your Telefax…
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