Some drams from the recent Dramfest, which reminds me I still haven't done the full list and rough ratings. I mean, I can see the bits of paper from here, but ...
This is likely to be a two parter of dramfest, which seems a good thing.
Nose: sweet, sherry, ginger, lemonade, treacle, demerara sugar,
Palate: sweet, honey, coffee, chocolate, sherry
Finish: long, salty, dry
8.5/10 This came 5th (8.12) really nice, nose was amazing and the rest of the whisky wasn't too bad. I'd guessed GlenAllachie based on the ginger and citrus on the nose..
Glen Scotia 'seasonal release' 2022, 12yo, 53.3%
N: sweet, woody, leather, vanilla milkshake, cedarwood, balanced, parma violets
P: sulphur, peppery, wood, cognac
F: long, astringent,
6/10 it came 7th (7.69) I really didn't like this one.
The Whisky Cellar Series 5 Glentauchers 14yo 53.8%
N: dry, creamy, apple, spritzic, lemon, honey, toffee, vanilla, marshmallows
P: citrus, complex, lemonade, fruit salad
F: medium,
8/10 Came 6th (8.03) I liked it.
Ben Nevis 25yo Blackadder 1996 Raw Cask 51.9%
N: coffee, sherry, dark chocolate, liquourice, black treacle
P: long, passionfruit dark chocolate, burnt sugar (in a good way)
F: long, sweet moving to dry
9.5/10 Perhaps unsurprisingly it came first (9.05). Fantastic whisky.
The Whisky Cellar Series 5 2012 House Malt 57.1%
N: sherry, woody, bananas, soy sauce, sausage rolls, dark chocolate
P: dark chocolate, miso, brown sugar, beef boullion, tiramisu
F: hot and long
9/10 Again, a win from me. Came second (8.89) aiming to pick up a bottle of this one.
GlenAllachie 10yo Cask Strength Batch #8 57.2%
N: lighter, mild sherry, caramel, chocolate, seemed lower alc., medicinal, ozone
P: chocolate, soapy, vanilla, coconut rough
F: medium, very sweet
7/10 a bit sweet on the finish for me. Came 4th (8.31)
Bunnahabhain Moine 16yo 2005 59.4% Blackadder Raw Cask
N: salt, peat, bacon, smoke, iodine, apple
P: smoke, bacon, soot, fire, sweet
F: long, hot, sweet
9/10. Tasty stuff, ticks all the Islay boxes very nicely. Came 3rd (8.85).
Outside of the tasting, I've been enjoying a Tomatin 12yo and a Clynelish 14yo.
