Single Malt
Scotland
1 May 1992
1 Oct 2019
16942
A 27 year old single malt from the Allt-á-Bhainne Distillery, independently bottled by Hunter Laing as part of the Old Malt Cask series. This one aged in a refill hogshead from May 1992 to October 2019, and was then bottled up at 50% ABV with an outturn of only 256 bottles.
Juicy barley and ripe green fruit, with a touch of marmalade.
Still bright with tangy fruit, now rhubarb and lemon. Subtly grassy and herbal with basil and mint.
Vanilla pod sweetness sticks around.
Nose: Old baking spice, caramel squares, yellow flowers (very subtle; not pungent), aloe vera. Lots of caramel. :) Palate: Wood spice, sweet grassiness, very honeyed, malty, very reminiscent of sugar-coated cereal we loved as kids. Egg custard. A bit of warming heat is the only knock here. Finish: Old baking spice (not volatile or pungent; the kind that's been in a jar for a decade), honey, caramel and fruit flan
