Month: February 2017

Whisky 2017 – 38-40 – The Single Cask, Singapore

I’m overseas again, this time in Singapore. Had three cracking drams at The Single Cask served by the knowledge, friendly and part-time Melbournite; Brendan Pillai. Single Cask do a number of their own bottlings and are heavy on promoting the work of independent bottlers. A really nice touch is they like to serve a matching chocolate with each dram. Great bar, I highly recommend it. 

38 – Maltman Ben Nevis 15 Years Oloroso 1999 Cask 123
Sulfur, maple syrup, cocoa, apricot jam, candied lemon peel. Beautiful fruit sweetness, cough medicine, salted caramel, fruit tingles, cocoa, salt, matchheads.

39 – Single Cask 21 years Miltonduff Cask 2594
Toasted malt, an old butter churn, white chocolate, old apples. Stone fruit, really salty butter, chocolate mousse, mango, burnt butter finish, hand cream.

40 – Dun Bheagan Tobermoray 19 years 1995 Cask 1289
So excited when smelling this – salted caramel, crushed ants, apple cider, rancid butter (not in a bad way), pepper chicken, grilled pineapple, glue, cocoa. Sarsaparilla, salt, loads of butter, crushed ants, length for days, old apples, bounty bars, Mexican drinking chocolate, chicken stock.

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Whisky 2017 – 33-36

33 – Carn Mor “Celebration of the Cask” Clynelish 1989 Cask 5888
Initially young wood shavings, yoyo biscuits, clotted cream, jammy fruit, tinned pineapple, liquorice. Coffee, mangos, baked cheesecake, egg white, wine tannins(?).

34 – La Maison du Whisky Artist #6 Mortlach 15 Years
Musk, wood, perfume, cream, sweat, chicos, cocoa, white peaches. Sarsaparilla, vanilla, artichokes, cream, salty, marzipan, egg yolk.

35 – Kilchoman Original Cask Strength
Lime cordial, band aids, pool chlorine, cherry leaves. Rubber, BBQ meat, smoked paprika, latex, slight cream, ash.

36 – Cadenhead North British 24 Years 1989
Butter, glacé ginger, apple pie, cinnamon, fatty, crushed ants, grilled pineapple, ginger snaps. Chocolate, crushed ants, lemon pith, ice cream.

Whisky 2017 – 30-32 Ardbeg Untamed Event

30 – Ardbeg Rollercoaster 2010
Cocoa, jammy fruit, slight medicinal hit, apple pie, bandaids in cream. Intense fruit stonefruit sweetness, vine leaves, ash, honey.

31 – Ardbeg Galileo 2012
Cream, smoked fish, autumn leaves, chicken stock, glacé fruit, rice pudding. Autumn leaves, cream, Xmas pud, red apple skins, slight rubber hit.

32 – Ardbeg Renaissance 2008
Banana, autumn leaves, red apple and cream, pepper. Apples with cloves, autumn leaves, sea salt, whipped cream, slight lemon rind, egg whites, woody.

Whisky 2017 – 27-29

27 – Liquid Sun Miltonduff 1996 20 Years
Rockmelon, tropical fruit, milk chocolate, whipped cream, salt, light honey, yeast. Tropical fruit cup, green strawberries, pouch tobacco, caramel on an over ripe banana, salt, rock melon rind.

28 – SMWS 84.18 Sneezing in the sun (Glendullan) 14 years 2001 Sauternes Cask
Pine resin, intense candy sugar, preserved lemons, strawberry and apricot jam jam, underripe pineapple. Caramels, strawberries, oaky buttery funk, eucalyptus(?!), pepper.

29 – Sansibar Macduff 8 Years
Apricot jam, cream, scones, rock melon. Ice coffee – crazy big, with fruit and cream, cherries, cocoa.

Whisky 2017 – 24-26

24 – The Whisky Agency Caol Ila 2007 8 Years Bourbon Hogshead
Preserved lemons, dried pineapple, seaweed, lemonade, crushed prawn shells. Tobacco, salt, iodine, tropical fruit sugars, dark cocoa.

25 – SMWS 30.91 Deliciously dark and sweet (18 Glenrothes)
Toffee apples, caramel sauce, apple cider, whitepepper, tropical fruit. Caramel sauce on icecream, angry busted up wood, rancid butter, tannins.

26 – Lark Private Cask Port LD1180 for Whisky & Alement bottle 10 of 24
Toasted grains, banana paddle pops, raspberry leaf tea, stewed rhubarb, black beans, chocolate drops. Rhubarb danishes, crushed ants, good English breakfast tea, sarsaparilla, cardamom, melted butter.

Whisky 2017 – 20-23

20 – Liquid Treasures Clynelish 18 Bourbon Hogshead 1997
Tropical fruit, honey, pastries, salty butter, gooseberries, toffee apples. Pie crust, apples, salt, lard, bananas, cloves, mint.

21 – Arran Limburg Whisky Fair 15th and Arran 21st Anniversary Single Sherry Cask, no 913 1997
Bananas and cream, apricot nectar, shoe polish, lemon zest, crushed ants, how I imagine medlars smell, fruit straps. Lemon delicious, egg whites, egg nog, pepper, roasted corn, intense stone fruit reduction, salt.

22 – Sansibar Speyside very old selection
Sulfur, rubber, cream, leather, hairspray. Slightly medicinal, nutty, rubber, chocolate, match heads, plastic and raw cashews.

23 – Benriach 1998 triple distilled PX finish Cask 7758 for the Whisky Exchange
Stone fruit, leather, roast pumpkin, chocolate, strawberry jam, cake mix. Cake mix, dark chocolate, peaches, creamed sugar, slight rubber note, banana smoothie.

Whisky 2017 – 17-19

17 – Arran Private Cask for Mizunara The Library Sherry Hogshead 15 years 2000
Apricots, leather, white pepper, cream, tropical fruit cup, chocolate. Soufflé, green grass, butter, cocoa mousse.

18 – Liquid Treasures 6 Years Islay Port Cask
Honey, leather, gas, pepper, peat, cedar, pickling brine, seaweed, Terry’s dark chocolate orange, dried pineapple. Mineral salts, dry wood, flinty, soy sauce, egg whites.

19 – Hart Brothers Glen Scotia Olorosso Hogshead 24 Years 1992
Musk, pancakes, lemon zest, cake mix. Pancakes, salt, butter, passionfruit, orange zest, rubber