Perhaps a little too woody for me with a hint of dry pencil shavings, otherwise a good balance of sweet and spice. 82/100
Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon (45%, OB, 2020)
GlenAllachie 12 Year Old Spanish Oak Finish (48%, OB, 2020)
Another quiet woody expression and not too dissimilar to the previous French oak edition with a touch more wood spices added here. 82/100
GlenAllachie 12 Year Old French Oak Finish (48%, OB, 2020)
Very pleasant, much more woody and oaky presence here though oddly slightly vinegary on the nose I did wonder if this was a pale/Amontillado sherry cask finish at one point. 82/100
Cambus 28 Years Old 1991 Single Cask (55.8%, Cadenheads, 2019)
Great on the palate despite inherent thinness of grain whisky, touch funky on the nose and slightly over-woody. Water made this spicier and woodier so I’d drink it as it comes. 82/100
Nc’nean Organic Batch 1 (46%, OB, 2020)
Another vanillic sweet and fruity malt, this feels quite a bit younger and fresher, still some zest and spice present from the distillate. Some deeper notes and a beery/yeasty aroma to it once it had breathed – possibly some influence from the cask maturation. 82/100
Bladnoch 10 Years Old (46.7%, OB, 2020)
Quite short on the palate and slightly vaporous, quite light and makes a good introductory whisky – fitting the light & grassy Lowland style. 82/100
Islay Mist 8 Year Old Amontillado Napoleon Finish (43%, Macduff International, 7000 bottles, 2017)
Islay Mist 8 Year Old Amontillado Napoleon Finish Whisky Review: While there are some full flavoured malts in here – and I suspect a very good helping of Caol Ila in particular there was also something drawing the palate back to neutrality that could be nothing other than grain spirit. I completely missed that the sweetness here was due to the Amontillado sherry cask finish and just assumed it was a well-constructed blend. 82/100
Whisky Works Quartermaster 11 Years Old Blended Scotch Whisky (46.4%, OB, 2134 Bottles, 2020)
Whisky Works Quartermaster 11 Years Old Blended Scotch Whisky Whisky Review: Richly flavoured, a touch thin and slightly over-spiced on the palate though I couldn’t really decide if this was oak tannins or too much grain whisky presence – perhaps an indication of all that cask maturation going on in here. 82/100
Knockando 15 Years Old 1997 (43%, OB, 2012)
Knockando 15 Years Old 1997 Whisky Review: Malty and floral, spicy and nutty, coffee, etc, this has it all but is perhaps a little too spiced for me. 82/100
Knockando 12 Years Old 2004 (43%, OB, 2016)
Knockando 12 Years Old 2004 Whisky Review: Wow, quite different from the 2003 vintage, juicier and more sherried and much less drying/oaky and spiced. 82/100
