Scotch Malt Whisky Society 39.85
$179.09
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A WHISKY TO DREAM ABOUT
A 29 Year Old Refill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead matured and still 57.4%, wow!
Panel's Tasting Note: "We were drawn into this whisky, a dreamlike state descending on the panel. Our nostrils remembered bananas, toffee and custard in a rose garden. The blades of grass were red laces. Adding water saw us reading old leather books, while bananas, pineapples and lemons grew all around. Meanwhile our tongues recalled oak and spice with liquorice and plum skins before water introduced mangoes, kiwi fruits and a big box of apples made out of sandalwood. A dream so real, we could taste and smell every second of it. Wonderful!"
Drinking Tip: "Perfect for an afternoon of daydreaming in the rose garden."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 76.88
$159.29
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COMPLEX AND MANLY
This Ex-Bourbon matured 23 year old Speysider was bottled at 51.7%.
Panel's Tasting Note: "Rich, complex and delicious: fruity rum-toft, unripe plums and mellow fruits, nuts and chocolate, unlit cigars, hard toffee, shoe polish... developing to waxy cake tin. A big texture at full strength: sweet, waxy and meaty, with surprise chilli chocolate and 'cherries soaked in sweet vermouth'. With water the waxiness increases; now shredded and glazed roast duck, gingerbread, stewed strawberries, a trace of dusty wood behind, indicating age. Smooth and sweet to taste; slightly waxy with tobacco traces and chocolate-covered biscuits. From Dufftown's first distillery."
Drinking Tip: "In the library, with coffee and cigar."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 27.97
$115.19
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GLAZED CASHEW AND LEMON LOLLIES
A 13 year old Campbeltonian from a Refill Ex-Sherry Gorda at 57.6%
Panel's Tasting Note: "Stunning for its age! Creamy fudge, condensed milk, Golden Syrup on hot buttered toast; Caramac toffee/chocolate; 'Dolcé de Leché' (Argentinian pastries). A very sweet taste, then mouth drying, with a thread of smoke in the finish; caramelised cashew nuts and fresh kindling wood. A drop of water musters crushed rosemary, beurre noir, 'lemon lollies in warm sand', sea-salt and a trace of struck matches; the taste smooth and viscous, with a light sweetness balanced by dry tannins; allspice, leather and tobacco in the finish. A classic old-fashioned example of the make from Campbeltown's leading distillery."
Drinking Tip: "In a beach hut."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 105.18
$170.99
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A DRAM FOR SANTA
This 28 year old Speysider is from a Refill Sherry Hogshead and bottled at 55.5%.
Panel's Tasting Note: "Chocolate-coated nougat on the hands. Rich and mellow: dark chocolate with orange zest; German ginger cake with cinnamon, nutmeg and Macademia nuts; traces of stem ginger and chocolate-covered cherries and baked bananas. A thick mouthfeel, voluptuous and rich; sweet with crème brulée and an aftertaste of burnt sugar and lingering ginger. We added water reluctantly (be careful), and it raised waxy oranges, sandalwood, currants and walnuts on the nose and a spicy, gingery taste, with burnt marzipan and Macademia nuts. From the first distillery built on Speyside in the 20th Century, designed by the President of the Royal Academy."
Drinking TIp: "On Christmas morning, before church."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 125.62
$101.69
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CREPES SUZETTE & COFFEE DREGS
This 10 year old from Tain, in the northern Highlands, is a potent 61.2% after 10 years in ex-Bourbon.
Panel's Tasting Note: "Reminiscent of Calvados and Grand Marnier, the nose delivered toffee apples, pineapple, Crêpes Suzettes, Werthers originals, Edinburgh rock, custard slices and Moffat toffees. The unreduced palate exploded with warm ginger and orange flavours (if ever a whisky lived up to its colour!) then superior tequila and Madeira wine in the finish. The reduced nose offered dried fruits, ginger wine, lots of citrus (lemon meringue pie, oranges in syrup, pineapple) and caramel gradually emerging. The reduced palate, still big, chewy and beautifully sweet, had sugary dregs of coffee, chocolate gingers, then a dry sherry aftertaste rounding off this fine Tain dram."
Drinking Tip: "With crepes, or any other dessert."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 64.35
$144.89
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NICEY, NICEY, SWEET 'N SPICY
A Speysider 21 Years in a Refill Ex-Bourbon barrel, and 55.2%.
Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose was finely layered – old-fashioned, expensive, floral perfume on top; apple sauce, gooseberry purée and a tin of fruity boiled sweets below that; the olfactory sub-strata inhabited by patent leather and old books. The taste was sweet and hot – opinions included tom yam soup, mango chutney, HP Sauce, chilli, crystallised ginger and leather. The reduced nose added floral pot-pourri, plum chutney, polished sandalwood and Indian food (ginger, paprika, etc.). The palate improved but the sweet and savoury profile remained steady – toffee, honey, sugar-coated fennel seeds, liquorice and salty lime pickle. This distillery does not draw water from Loch Dhu!"
Drinking Tip: "A bit of a talking point whisky - could accompany an Asian or Indian takeaway."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 4.162
$125.99
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SMOKER'S TOOTH POWDE
One of two casks released from the same distillery the same month. This Orcadian dram was matured 16 years in Ex-Boubon and bottle at 55.1%.
Panel's Tasting Note: "Fresh and lightly maritime – salt crystals, seaweed, mineralic – with some fragrant dried-floral or mixed dried herbal notes, becoming faintly medicinal and peaty. Eucryl Tooth Powder – check it out! Sweet and citric to taste, with a smoky finish: 'minty chewing tobacco', commented one panel member. With water, solvent notes emerge, but also dried fruits - 'sultanas in alcohol', Madeira cake – then bath salts, Refreshers (sherbet sweets) and burnt eucalyptus leaves. Sweet, fresh and slightly salty to taste, with a whiff of smoke in the finish; maritime overall, with minty notes. An appealing example of Michael Jackson's 'Great All-Rounder'."
Drinking Tip: "A reward after a long, wet walk."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 53.162
$123.29
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THE HAPPINESS MACHINE
A 16 year old Ileach at 56.5% with 56.5% to spare after maturing in a Refill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead.
Panel's Tasting Note: "A huge mass of metal whirrs and clunks creating bubbles of happiness and contentment. This machine gives of fumes of peat and heather, you can smell the honey it uses instead of oil as well as the damp oak barbecue at the heart of its boiler. Flavours of soap, lemon and diesel oil fill the lungs of the happy workers pressing its buttons and working its levers. Water softens the effects and should be added sparingly. Hints of peanut butter and glazed herbal ham will bring a smile on the finish leaving a warm happy glow blossoming in anyone who drinks this."
Drinking Tip: "Take care with water."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 1.164
$166.49
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CHESHIRE CAT WHISKY
27 Year old whisky from the second oldest family owned distillery in Scotland. 52.1% from a refill Ex Bourbon Hogshead.
Panel's Tasting Note: "'Sweet manna from heaven' – toffee, fudge, caramel, Toffifees, vanilla, honey – but more – tea chests, spice racks, aromatic smoke, burnt heather and pencils in a library – we could have sniffed it endlessly. Water opened up the fruit – sherbet, orange zest, peach, strawberry, tinned grapes, sweet sap and light smoke – panellists grinning like Cheshire cats. The sweet, oaky palate had tablet, fudge and bread dough – by an open fire; but it also had a darker side – woody, earthy, drying, with sticky cassis and treacle. Water brightened it up – Starbursts, Skittles and spicy Advocaat. From the distillery always directed by John or George."
Drinking Tip: "It needs time - one for a long journey perhaps - or for an evening with no pressure."