A straightforward, nutty and malty single malt from Speyside, the Singleton of Dufftown was released to replace the Singleton of Auchroisk. It’s aged in a high proportion of European oak casks.
If you're looking to use this little stunner in a cocktail, then you could do a lot worse than making a classic Highball. You can find a recipe for one right here.
Malty with cereal/barley sweetness, buttery toast, wood shavings, hay and walnut.
Orange zest spiciness perks up a malty core of nuts, oak and toffee, hints of cut grass.
Oaky, rich with good length, some fruit lingers.
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If your going to introduce someone to scotch and they're not use to drinking on the rocks or neat this is probably the one to start with, it's very drinkable completely lacking of any challenging flavours and still has some scotch flavour. But beware if you have tried several quality brands of scotch you may find yourself wondering if someone watered down your drink when you weren't looking.
1. My comment about the ugly bottle is not about appearances, more about practicality - the shape of the bottle makes it look huge and it's not practical to store with other bottles. Maybe it makes it stand out at the bar, but then the greenish glass is rather ugly. Just sort of unattractive. Mind you, I bought the bottle to give the malt a chance, despite the looks. 2. Confusion about provenance - if you read up on Singleton, you'll see that in the American market it offers "Singleton of Glendullan" (12, 15 and 18 all at 40% abv), in Europe it's "Singleton of Dufftown" and there's also a different version in Asia. Same ugly bottles and brand name "Singleton". I think that's confusing, customers expect the distillery name to be the brand of a single malt. 3. The malt itself is not vile, you won't pour it down the drain, very drinkable, somewhat sweet, generally true to description on label with not much more interest or uniqueness. Quite heavy on E150a - initial impression was rather "meh", gradually it grew on me, relatively speaking. Why even use the ugly green glass if you're using a colorant to lend a "beautiful" color? Or rather: why use colorant if you use green glass? Of course, that goes for many a distillery. I did finish the bottle, but for the price you can do much better with Glenmorangie 10, Glenfiddich 12, Glenlivet 12, Old Pulteney 12, Speyburn 10. No repeat purchase from me. I might revisit if Singleton comes up with a traditional bottle and offers natural color products at higher abv, would love to really taste the distillery character. Thank you.
It’s a nice scotch. It’s fresh, it’s got some malty and some oaky notes sure but it’s very light.
Very pleasant honey/malt/fruit nose typical of the Highland region. The palate is quite light and unremarkable. Finishes with peaches and a touch of vanilla for me. Price point is critical with this one. Unless it is cheaper, no reason to chose this one over other entry level Highland malts.
Pleasant, soft and the "kindest" whisky ever tasted! Delicious and nice.
