Scotch Malt Whisky Society 31.24

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LIVELY AS AN ACROBAT: This 24 year old Duriach is still 54% after maturing in a Refill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead. "Savoury, herbal, buttery, woody,chalky, but beautifully sweet and tasty. A strange one from the island of deer."

Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose was as nutty as a pie-eyed professor – macadamias,Brazils, cashews, almonds, peanuts – savoury too – pulled pork,roasted peppers, onions, thyme and sage – then straw, treacle,honey, smoke and coal on a puffer’s deck. The neat taste was as lively as an acrobat – with manly sinew and muscle tumbling powerful flavours of orange peel, coal, treacle, tar, bouquet garni and sanded beech wood. The reduced nose became sweeter;butterscotch, fresh donuts, seared scallops, lobster shells, lemonand mint. The palate was now savoury, herbal, buttery, woody,chalky, but beautifully sweet and tasty. A strange one from the island of deer."

Drinking Tip: "An unusual, conversation provoking."

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