Scotch Malt Whisky Society G8.3

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SURPRISE ME...

A powerful single grain whisky at 59% after 23 years maturing in a refill hogshead cask

Flavour profile:  Sweet, fruity & mellow

Outturn:  250 bottles

Panel's tasting note: "Even at this age the spirit is still spirited; the aroma is of golden syrup and toffee popcorn, with juicy green apples and pears behind; very slightly woody and dusty: ‘a cupboard shelf covered in Fablon.' The taste is sweet and sour - kiwi fruits, lime cordial, Seville orange, sour cherry, stewed tea – with a short finish. Reduced, the aroma initially becomes more oaky (a musty sea chest, a brush shop), then sweeter – lemon puffs, lemon meringue pie. A soft mouth feel; a sweetish start (‘white jelly babies’), then bitter lemon, with a very short finish. This large grain distillery near Alloa, built 1806, closed in 1993."

Drinking tip: "Frozen, as an aperitif"

750 ml