Last Casual Dram for 2025, which seemed reason enough to turn up. Always an enjoyable session, and Mean Doses is an excellent venue for a relaxed tasting.
SMWS 2.138 Glenlivet 'Raisin Toffee Jam' 16 yo 55.0% 1st fill ex-oloroso sherry butt
- N- xmas cake, dry, manuka honey, hint of salt, burnt sugar, caramel
- P- warm, honey, sherry
- F-long, very very long.
9/10. Probably not a surprise that I liked this.
Glenfarclas 'Family Cask' 2009 15yo #1117 61.5% Sherry Butt
- N- sweet, marshmallow, floral, hint of mint, perfume
- P- dry, sherry, spicy, banana, ?citrus,
- F-hot, long, pepper,
8.5/10 tastier than most Glenfarclas' drams. maybe they ain't too bad :)
Mystery Whisky
- N-hint smoke, bourbon, light
- P-light, no flavour, pepper grows on palate.
- F-short
6/10 not a lot going on, and I didn't pay attention to what it was either.
Benromach 'Dramfest' 2025 #626 2014 59.8% 1st fill sherry hogshead
- N-salt, bacon, medicinal, sherry
- P- salty, incr pepper, sherry
- F- grows in heat
7/10 not amazing, but not bad.
Caol Ila 'Adelphi' 2014 10yo #326024 55.4% 1st fill oloroso sherry hogshead
- N- suppurating wound, coasstal, rose water, chocolate
- P-sherry, medicinal, complex, salty, coastal
- F-long complex and very tasty
9/10 hey its a sherry caol ila of course I liked it. Actually there's a bottle of it in my cabinet
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