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A bottle of completely un-aged New Make Spirit produced in Scotland, in copper pot stills, entirely from Malted Barley. No, we’re not going to tell you which distillery it’s from. Doesn’t matter how nicely you ask.
Heady malt, with a touch of ‘greenness’ akin to a good Blanco Tequila. No Peat anywhere in sight.
Medium-bodied, with a creamy, cornbread-eque richness coming through.
Resurgence of the Agave Spirit on the nose. No harshness at all.
A good building block for ageing, or for cocktails.
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Good product at reasonable price
I haven't tasted this particular one but would like to comment on the whole "new make spirit" (NMS) phenomenon and its VFM. I first tasted NMS at Scapa distillery on one of their distillery visits and was pleasantly impressed. Maybe something wrong with my taste buds but I found it more interesting and full of diverse flavours than what can officially be called Scotch whisky. Coincidentally the other distillery on Orkney i.e. Highland Park bottles their own NMS and I bought a bottle to take home. Enjoyed it but was a bit surprised at how much it cost. I happen to think that there is a lot of potential in NMS although the big bosses of the industry might be a bit sensitive about what it could do to the "official" Scotch market if it caught on. But having seen what I thought was overpriced NMS from other distilleries it has made me wonder. A lot of new distilleries go in for gin first to get cash flow as their "Scotch" has to wait for at least 3 yrs. Selling NMS would address that cash flow issue. The older the Scotch, the pricier it has to be not least because there is less of a cask to sell due to the angel's share increasing year by year. No such losses with NMS. But NMS doesn't have a high profile premium cachet boosted by marketing. So all in all I would have thought that NMS could and should be cost competitive with the cheaper malt whiskies. A bit like grappa - if you just want to drink some without getting over precious about its age, provenance etc you can get a bottle for a reasonable price. Even allowing for the higher duty on higher alcohol content some NMS prices are outrageous. The comparison I would make would be with SMWS cask strength bottlings. A 20 cl NMS bottle seem to equate to a standard bottle of cask strength whisky in the £70 - £80 range. SMWS bottling lists (declaration of interest, I am a SMWS member) contain many good aged malts of similar ABV's for a lot less. And as I say, the distillers who sell NMS would seem to have the financial advantages of immediate cash flow and no angel's share. My conclusions? Generally - NMS may be the next great customer rip off. Specifically - this particular one looks like relatively reasonable VFM compared to some other NMS offerings, though I'd still invite people to do a price comparison by recalculating bottle size and ABV to equate to a standard 70 cl/40% ABV bottle then compare price to a budget malt.
The comments about the high price are embarrassing. This is probably an independent bottler who sources from a 3rd party producer. The cost of goods for packaging, filling, marketing with VAT and Duty do not leave a lot of margin. Just appreciate that you get to try a New Make Spirit for a fair price.
New make spirit for 36.95 per half ltr! You must be having a giraffe. Agreed with "you must be joking...!" person here. Not a chance. Duty / vat / logistics does not come anywhere near this amount.
I mix this new make spirit with 20cl Vimto and throw in a cinnamon stick superb stuff 5 stars.
