A small batch release from the Wolfburn distillery, showing off their single malt Scotch whisky after a maturation in 100 litre first-fill ex-bourbon casks. The name comes from where these little rascals were matured: warehouse 1, stow 28. Batch No.128 is a release of 6,000 bottles.
Sweet smoke (almost floral at points), joined by underlying hints of lemon sorbet and vanilla-y oak.
Subtly grassy at first, with layers of black pepper, chocolate chip cookie dough and another wave of smoke.
Simmering exotic spices and fresh tangerine.
I haven't tasted Wolfburn before. I bought the bottle from travel retail market because it was cheap, only 50 euros. It was sale of the century! This really good and one of my favorites in my collection. Easy to drink and has many flavours. Every sip tastes better than the previous one. 46% abv is abit high and it needs some water, but it gets better when you add some. (R)
well balanced whisky with so many lovely flavours
Bought it to keep as a memento but had to drink it. Really awful, couldn't finish my first dram
Enjoyed each drop of 128. Good job done as an young whisky, well done Wolfburn. Look forward to nicer whisky.
I wanted to like this but unfortunately this is extremely overpriced, no doubt pushed up in the expectations of future worth of a first limited edition. In style it's a bit like Hakushu Distiller's Reserve in the balance of peated and unpeated young malts, but lacks the Hakushu's freshness, replaced with a cloying sweetness. The overall profile is unbalanced, and I just couldn't find anything to recommend it apart from it's smooth for such as young whisky.
