It's Batch #10 of the Dornoch Experimental Batches - each batch is made with organic floor malted Odyssey barley at the small Scottish distillery (not a dribble of bought-in neutral grain spirit in sight), but each batch is also slightly different. Batch #10 was made with one of Dornoch's very first distillations and had a rather low botanical content. They then filled that spirit into 50 litre ex-rye casks and matured it for 8 weeks.
Piney juniper, waxy peels and fresh malt. Hints of pink lemonade and a touch of charred, caramel-y oak.
The maltiness of the spirit really comes through well here. Slight sweetness of vanilla, with even a hint of vegetal vanilla pod too.
Soft, rounded sweetness with a hint of earthy rye.
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My son bought a bottle for me from his trip around the nc500. A truly amazing gin with a subtle whiskey note to it. Beautiful drink with a little lemonade and ice.
