Month: March 2019

Whisky 2019 – 12-15 – Lark Bar, Hobart

12 – Spring Bay Bourbon Cask 2016 Cask #34
Nose: pine resin, wax, mango skin, orange zest,

Palate: Egg pudding, passion fruit, grass, white pepper, tropical, lemon

Finish: vanilla cream

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13 – Spring Bay Sherry Cask 2016 Cask #28
Nose: maple syrup, chocolate bullets, toasted wood, butter, dates, corn chips

Palate: dusty, rhubarb crumble, brandy snaps, melted butter, dried vines

Finish: wet stones, cream, bitter herbs

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14 – Spring Bay Port Cask 2016 Cask #54 “The Rheban”
Nose: baked plum cake warm out of the oven with cream, stewed rhubarb, vanilla sugar, almond crunch

Palate: grape sweetness, plums, plums, plums, coffee, roasted almonds, apricots

Finish: vanilla cream, pavlova, stone fruit

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15 – Belgrove Wholly Shit Rye 57.8%
Note – this is a whisky where the rye has been “peated” by burning sheep dung. Yeah it’s pretty nuts.

Nose: Grassy, spicy, new make, cocoa powder

Palate: So intensely burnt corn (but in a good way), woody, dark chocolate, wet stones, grass

Finish: Dark chocolate, old bonfire

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Whisky 2019 – 8-11

8 – Springbank 12 Year Old Claret Wood 54.4% bottled 2010
Nose: Honey, heather, glue, caramel,

Palate: Vines, dust, cream, slight peat, wet stones

Finish: Sweet, red wine depth, gentle cream

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9 – Longrow 7 Years Old Gaja Barolo 55.8% bottled 2008
Nose: super honey, seaside ozone, chocolate

Palate: salted caramel, gentle peat smoke kissing grape vines

Finish: honey, woody, earthy funk

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10 – Cragganmore 1971 Connoisseurs Choice by Gordon & MacPhail 14 Years Old
Nose: wax, dates, prunes, honey, old peaches, dusty, maple

Palate: pencil shavings, intense stone fruit, cream, tobacco, heather, wax

Finish: apple jelly, cream

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11 – Bowmore Hand-filled 54.0% (Olorosso possibly)
Nose: chocolate, cherries, toasted hazelnuts, dry age beef fat, old soft leather, paprika,

Palate: dark dried fruits, rubber, sherry wood, wet stones, dark chocolate, pencil shavings, cocoa nibs

Finish: gun powder, rubber, nutty, peat, cocoa

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