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Showing posts with label Aberfeldy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aberfeldy. Show all posts
Thursday, 31 March 2022
The Whisky Cellar @TweetTastings
Sunday, 6 February 2022
#BTC18 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes
These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 18th #BlindDrams evening.
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Mini-review: Bottle your own spice
Blind Sample from @WessexWhiskyIn the glass: pale gold, again clings to the glass when swirled, slow legs.
Nose: dry red apple with some pears, hints of chilli?
Palate: lots of spice, orchard fruit, very drying - another hint at a high ABV? There's also some oakiness there.
Finish: very spicy - chilli and some ginger - very nice!
Notes: a nice little dram, my initial thoughts were a Compass Box Spice Tree or similar?
What is turned out to be: Dewar's blend-your-own from the Aberfeldy distillery which David blended himself!
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Review of my whisky year - 2017
First of all thank you to all the people who have read my blog (c16,500) and followed me on Twitter (c900) since I started back in January with my first whisky post.
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Dewars Aberfeldy @Tweet Tastings
Another great @TweetTasting this week with 3 drams from Dewar's Aberfeldy Highland Distillery - this one was a real treat - as well as sampling their 'standard' 12 year old we also received two Cask Strength Distillery Exclusive Single Casks all in a lovely hand tied box!
Dewars thoughtfully included a tasting mat:
First up was the Aberfeldy 12 year old at 40%
My thoughts:
Nose: Warm honey, tropical fruit, boiled sweets. A little sherry note and some citrus.
Palate: The honey covers your tongue like a wave, more of the tropical fruit from the nose and a gingery spiciness all over. Yummy! Vanilla coming through on the tongue now with the honey, there's some sweet toffee and porridge too. A little drying from the pear notes. The finish is quite dry - with little hints of honey!
With a little water: Adds a note of spice to the nose and subtly changes the palate - getting the pepper that others have but the honey becomes 'more fuller' ? and the spice jumps at your throat!
Other people's thoughts:
Second was a distillery exclusive single cask #21444 from 2001 at 55.5%
My thoughts:
Nose: Old leather, vanilla, cream soda (Thanks @rodbodtoo) apples and pears from the 12yo (distillery signature?) some nuts in there somewhere - Brazil I think! Develops into coconut sprinkled with chilli! There's also some saltiness like a faint sea breeze!
Palate: The spice hits you straight away, it's like sucking on a chilli, then every now and again you get a little hint of honey and pears (again a distillery characteristic?) the the chilli comes back to blow your head off - FANTASTIC. Over time the palate develops with loads of honey and orchard fruit but also a little vanilla, coconut and some saltiness - similar to the nose.
With a little water: with a drop of water : Nose is a little less spicy - more of the honey and pears, Palate: chilli calms a little - getting hints of ginger - but it is only hints - this is a chilli monster - FANTASTIC DRAM
Other people's thoughts:
Dewars thoughtfully included a tasting mat:
Some of the team from the distillery were on hand to guide us through the #dramples but theirs were slightly larger than ours.....
My thoughts:
Nose: Warm honey, tropical fruit, boiled sweets. A little sherry note and some citrus.
Palate: The honey covers your tongue like a wave, more of the tropical fruit from the nose and a gingery spiciness all over. Yummy! Vanilla coming through on the tongue now with the honey, there's some sweet toffee and porridge too. A little drying from the pear notes. The finish is quite dry - with little hints of honey!
With a little water: Adds a note of spice to the nose and subtly changes the palate - getting the pepper that others have but the honey becomes 'more fuller' ? and the spice jumps at your throat!
Other people's thoughts:
Second was a distillery exclusive single cask #21444 from 2001 at 55.5%
My thoughts:
Nose: Old leather, vanilla, cream soda (Thanks @rodbodtoo) apples and pears from the 12yo (distillery signature?) some nuts in there somewhere - Brazil I think! Develops into coconut sprinkled with chilli! There's also some saltiness like a faint sea breeze!
Palate: The spice hits you straight away, it's like sucking on a chilli, then every now and again you get a little hint of honey and pears (again a distillery characteristic?) the the chilli comes back to blow your head off - FANTASTIC. Over time the palate develops with loads of honey and orchard fruit but also a little vanilla, coconut and some saltiness - similar to the nose.
With a little water: with a drop of water : Nose is a little less spicy - more of the honey and pears, Palate: chilli calms a little - getting hints of ginger - but it is only hints - this is a chilli monster - FANTASTIC DRAM
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| There's nothing like trying a dram straight from the cask in the distillery.... |
Other people's thoughts:
There was a little problem....
....finally was another distillery exclusive single cask #5 from 1999 at 56.5%
My thoughts:
Nose: Colour - bronze, swirled in the glass it leaves lines which defy gravity! Nose: Sherry hits you straight away, no honey like the previous two, hints of apples and pears. Some ginger and cinnamon, develops into Christmas fruits covered in golden syrup.
Palate: WOW - CHILLI it hits you immediately, covering your tongue and giving no mercy! I'm sur there's something else there too ginger or cinnamon just waiting to give you the sucker punch! The finish on this one is quite abrupt - the chilli disappears and a little of the distillery honey pokes out from under a stone to say hello!
With a little water: Love the oily interaction between the water and whisky as a drop slides down the glass! The whisky seems to gobble up the drop of water, on the palate it's now quite drying, lots of berries coming through, a little more honey but still that big chilli prowling in the background - lovely dram!
Other people's thoughts:
We carries on with our smaller ones...
Many thanks to Steve @TheWhiskyWire for organising, @DewarsAberfeldy for supplying the drams and all my fellow tweeters for a great evening!
I prefered the 2001 Cask #21444 it just ticked all the boxes! The 12yo and Cask #5 coming close behind.
My thoughts:
Nose: Colour - bronze, swirled in the glass it leaves lines which defy gravity! Nose: Sherry hits you straight away, no honey like the previous two, hints of apples and pears. Some ginger and cinnamon, develops into Christmas fruits covered in golden syrup.
Palate: WOW - CHILLI it hits you immediately, covering your tongue and giving no mercy! I'm sur there's something else there too ginger or cinnamon just waiting to give you the sucker punch! The finish on this one is quite abrupt - the chilli disappears and a little of the distillery honey pokes out from under a stone to say hello!
With a little water: Love the oily interaction between the water and whisky as a drop slides down the glass! The whisky seems to gobble up the drop of water, on the palate it's now quite drying, lots of berries coming through, a little more honey but still that big chilli prowling in the background - lovely dram!
Other people's thoughts:
Just in case they ran out - the distillery boys had further supplies...
I prefered the 2001 Cask #21444 it just ticked all the boxes! The 12yo and Cask #5 coming close behind.
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