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| Hello, that is considered one of our (nearly) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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April 22, 2022
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World wide as soon as extra |
| There’s an increasing number of whisky from all distant corners of the world yadda, yadda, yadda. We’re anticipating Qatar and North-Korea quickly. |
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Kentan ‘Season One’ (43, OB, France, 265 bottles, 2022) 
In reality there is a humorous accent on the final ‘n’, IKEA-style. Certainly, that is from a brand new distillery situated in Tonquédec, in northern Brittany. It appears that evidently some good fellows are on the helm… That is most likely 3 or 4. Color: gold. Nostril: however sure! Typical new craft, with good honey, mead, chouchen (in fact) and gingerbread. A sense of buckwheat/sarrasin, however I am unsure in any respect. Mouth: I would have stated Oregon or Washington (not D.C.) The oak is a tad loud however these meady, honeyed, spicy sorts of assortments do work effectively. This time I might have stated rye. Extra gingerbread but, caraway liqueur, managed oak. End: lengthy, spicier, a tad drying this time, because of barely obnoxious tannins. A piney facet. Feedback: wonderful effort, provided that this can be a first. It is even acquired one thing Breton, maybe this spicy/meady facet.
SGP:461 – 82 factors. |
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Cotswolds 5 yo 2016/2021 (60.6%, OB, England, LMDW, STR wine cask) 
STR wine casks do work very effectively however they’re extremely unromantic, are they not. They remind me of these new digital drum kits, again within the Nineteen Eighties. Color: gold. Nostril: candy mustard, fino, walnuts, panettone, earl gray, caraway and banana cake. With water: extra on traditional vanilla, custard, croissants and beeswax. Mouth (neat): very wealthy and creamy, effectively throughout the new ‘English model’ (Bimber, Cotswolds…) with citron jelly and spicy orange cordial, plus pink pepper. With water: the oak will get a tad loud and too spicy for me. We could also be touching the boundaries of the idea. End: lengthy, on pink pepper and various citrus, particularly blood oranges. Feedback: nice work at Cotswolds, strictly no bouts about that, however that is beginning to really feel a tad ‘lab’ to me. Only a wee tad…
SGP:651 – 84 factors. |
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Smögen 9 yo 2012/2021 (57.1%, WhiskySponge, Sweden, third fill barrel, 261 bottles) 
A third fill barrel? We could have to anticipate some sort of Swedish blade… Color: white wine. Nostril: by Jove. Smoked olives and an outdated Norton. With water: maybe quite an outdated Matchless, or Velocette. Mouth (neat): pears, gentian, olives and carbon paper. Drops of some very excessive ‘bacterial’ Jamaican rums, such because the craziest Monymusks. With water: until that might be New Yarmouth. End: endlessly tart and green-smoky. Feedback: this isn’t actually whisky. It’s not rum both and it could not be mezcal. What’s it? It’s fairly distinctive! PS: everyone knows Smögen is difficult Ardbeg.
SGP:277 – 89 factors. |
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Lot N°40 ‘Third Version’ (57%, OB, Canada, rye, +/-2021) 
For years and years us whisky lovers have been claiming that Lot40 rye was THE Canadian whisky. Excuse me? No, definitely not ‘Crown Royal’… Color: full gold. Nostril: the other to the Smögen, regardless of an identical energy. That is all maize bread, croissants, recent focaccia, Stolle and vanilla. With water: a tiny metallic facet (copper), in any other case smooth breads and shoe polish. Mouth (neat): heavier on the wooden than earlier than, extra on spices, rye, lavender, oranges, grain (whaaat?) With water: the place has it gone? Pretty palate however it’s gotten softer and cakier. Rather less crucial, let’s say, however we aren’t Canadians… End: medium, too oaky. Loses many factors at this stage, an excessive amount of sawdust. Feedback: goes with considered one of WF’s stupidest sayings, ‘wooden is each whisky’s finest pal and its worst enemy’. Significantly, uninteresting drop. The place are the nice outdated days?
SGP:451 – 78 factors. |
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Amrut 2014/2021 ‘Ex-Caroni’ (60%, OB, LMDW, cask #5144)
Why would this make the slightest little bit of sense? I imply, love all these peoples however an Indian malt matured for some undocumented time in an ex-Trinidadian rum cask? Would the reply solely be ‘as a result of they may do it?’ Color: gold. Nostril: it’s reasonably Caroni. Some bitter banana bread, breads, desserts, ales and spicy bread. One black olive. With water: extra spicy bread, pumpernickel maybe… Mouth (neat): the combo works. Olives, bitter bread, lemons. Was it smoky Amrut? With water: good olive-y, petroly, bitter growth. Doughs. End: lengthy, nonetheless bitter, lemony, doughy. Feedback: maybe a bit unlikely however amongst the 5,343,547,754,354 spirit/wooden combos that could possibly be achieved on this world (a.ok.a. the worst of the Doritos syndrome), that is one which’s fairly pointless, however that quite sort of works.
SGP:552 – 83 factors. |
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