Winter Whisky Tasting in the Cabin
A few weeks ago we tasted a few drams in the Cabin with some of our Whisky friends, and I foolishly promised part two would be live the following week…. mmmmm. Well better late than never (it has been a hectic few weeks) here is part two. Same tasting group, (Robert Heeps, Neil Buchan, John Lamond and Paul McKendrick) different pics and different drams – tasting notes are below.
Crested 10 | 10 years old | 40% Vol
Nose: bramble bush, pva glue, cheap felt tip pens, school glue, yorkshire pudding, new tin / cardboard, new packages
Taste: carboardy, dry, tinny, lemon fairy liquid, soapy bubbles, glue
Finish: long dry, soapy, bubble bath
Macallan Gold | Unaged | 40% Vol
Nose: leather, oaky, penny blacks, burnt toast, raisin tea loaf, tobacco, apple pie, green unripe fruit skins, lemons
Taste: orange rind, burnt matches, marzipan, ginger, choc orange, christmas orange, vanilla, bitter
Finish: sweet, medium, drying
SMWS 5.34 | 13 years old | 60.4% Vol (Auchentoshan)
Nose: tablet, load citrus, 3 fruit marmalade, lime, talcum & chlorine, foam shrimps, pineapple cubes, crystalised sugar cubes, springtime flowers
Taste: play dough, chilli, caramel berries, thick sauce, sugary marinade, treacle loaf, scone, glazed cherries, creme brulee
Finish: Chilli chocolate
Johnnie Walker – Double Black | Unaged | 40% Vol
Nose: popcorn, tattie crisps, new carpets, chargrilled gammon steaks, pub smoke, rubber bands
Taste: aniseed, popcorn, fennel, almost an Islay, charred wood, licqorice, red licqorice
Finish: sooty, long, smokey
A VERY surprising Johnnie Walker Double Black was thoroughly enjoyed, everyone agreed it was a stand out and totally unexpected. SMWS’s 5.34 was a crazy unusual dram and lit up all our taste buds, the combo of the crystalised sugars and the citrus top notes made this dram a wee stoater… The Macallan Gold was Christmas morning in a glass and the Crested Ten ….. well was a little too synthetic for me.
Good company and good drams, there is sure to be another tasting in the along shortly…