Single Malt
Scotland
15 May 1997
21 Mar 2018
Bourbon
We've gone and bottled up a delicious 20 year old single malt from the Aultmore distillery for our very own Single Cask Series. This was distilled in 1997 and matured in a single bourbon cask for two decades before being bottled by our very own hands. We're proud of both the whisky and our hands.
Starts off particularly savoury with beeswax, oak, baked earth and red chilli. Soon enough notes of kirsch emerge.
Much more fruity on the palate, with orange, sultana and blackcurrant Fruit Pastilles appearing early on. Peppermint leaf notes later on.
Liquorice root, fragrant cedar, stem ginger and blackcurrant once again.
Sadly, this wasn’t a great whisky at all. 20 year age statement, affordable, decent brand, cask strength--it all sounded great. But ultimately this whisky doesn’t have much flavour, and ends with an unpleasantly bitter finish. (I’m wondering whether to pay any attention to tasting notes on this website any more; I can’t see any relation between them and the product in this case.)
