WHAT TREASURES AWAIT…?

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Cask No. 26.89 An exotic tearoom experience
27 years old; refill sherry butt; 56.6%
Aromas of lemon drizzle cake, waxiness and gorse flowers and a neat taste of peaches vanilla pods and apricot cake. Add water for notes of vanilla ice cream and toffee sauce and spiced apple tea. Exotic tastes of Turkish delight, lavender and Moroccan spices.

Cask No. G8.3 Surprise me…
23 years old; refill hogshead; 59%
Toffee popcorn with juicy green apples; slightly woody and dusty, with a sweet and sour taste – kiwi, lime, Seville orange, sour cherry – edging towards lemon puffs, then bitter lemon with water.

Cask No. 35.86 Sumptuous breakfast dram
11 years old; 1st fill sherry butt; 59.3%
The nose evokes sumptuous breakfasts – cinnamon toast, marmalade, Nutella, pancakes with syrup, bran flakes, prunes – also nutty sherry, liquorice, Bombay mix and polished oak. The ultra-rich palate offers black bun, hot-cross buns, cloves, treacle, coffee grinds, leather, liquorice and blackcurrant.

Cask No. 121.62 Steak and ale pie
16 years old; first fill sherry puncheon; 54.2%
Brewery mash room smells – hops, dried yeast, real ale but with wet peat, orange syrup and tobacco, but cookie dough, honey with a bitter aftertaste; two Panellists were enjoying steak & ale pie. In dilution baked apples, pork sausages, brown sauce, cloves; light and greasy to taste.

Cask No. 4.178 Eating ice cream in a humidor
12 years old; 1st fill barrel; 59.1%
Sweet and fruity notes dominate the nose neat, lemon meringue pie, rum soaked raisins and passion fruit sorbet. The taste like eating ice cream in a humidor. Water adds a sweet spare ribs bbq note and the finish is minty and slightly salty

Cask No. 66.42 Snorkelling in the bathtub
10 years old; refill barrel; 54.5%
Initial impression is of a wood burning fire with peat being added, followed by aromas of bacon frazzles and salami. The taste like a cigar end; hot, sweet and smoky. With water well-used snorkelling gear appears and the aromas are scented candles and smoked cheese.

Cask No. 53.194 A CalMac ferry dram
17 years old; refill sherry butt; 60.1%
The nose has sherbet lemons, oysters, smoke, tar, Germolene, cigar ash, rubber tyres and exhaust fumes; earthier in reduction. The palate has loads of ash, soot, sweet smoke, chilli-roasted nuts, sugar-coated fennel seeds and barbecued smoked mackerel and charred prawns.

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