Scotch Malt Whisky Society of Canada “July Outturn” – Scotch Whisky News
Summer’s in full swing and the July Outturn is full of tasty little numbers! Enjoy the bottle notes below and visit http://www.smws.ca/ for the full tasting notes:
Cask No. 123.10 Sweet treats on deck
9 years old; 1st fill barrel; 57.6%; Sweet, fruity & mellow
Fresh linen on board a freshly varnished yacht. Pear with vanilla ice cream and wafers. Butter icing, French fancies, iced gems. Elderflower cordial on warm, newly polished decking. Champagne tea with bread and butter pudding, chocolate truffles. Kick back, relax!
Cask No. 35.114 A Southern gentleman
19 years old; 1st fill toasted oak hogshead; 58.9%; Spicy & sweet
A slow start, then minty, with linseed and coconut oil, and a shake of white pepper – Rye whiskey character, which increases with water (macaroons, Bounty Bar), with spice. A sweet, soft taste (toasted marshmallows) and a warming finish.
Cask No. 121.74 A box of chocolates
14 years old; refill hogshead; 55.7%; Juicy, oak & vanilla
An emersion in sweets: Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers, Newberry Fruits (sugar-covered jellies), ‘mango cream fondant chocolates’, Thornton’s Summer Fruit Chocolates’, Maltesers, Bakewell tarts, croissant with raspberry jam… Finishing with peppermint Aero.
Cask No. G3.6 A fascinating reminder of a bygone era
33 years old; refill hogshead; 53.2%; Old & dignified
Deep aromatic sweet wood and leather aromas make this a very relaxing and comfortable dram on the nose. The taste neat is surprisingly smoky and ashy but soon followed by sweet, soft and floral aromas of chocolate honeycomb and muscovado sugar. Best enjoyed neat.
Cask No. 3.227 Tasty farmhouse cooking
16 years old; refill sherry butt; 56.4%; Lightly peated
Warm and rich aromas of a beef consommé poured into a rabbit casserole simmering on a wood burning stove. The taste is that of a rich tomato soup and honey roasted sweet potatoes. Water adds sweet earthy notes and the flavour is a tender pork stew with herb dumplings.
Cask No. 29.144 You gotta love this one
22 years old; refill hogshead; 51.2%; Peated
Peat smoke emerging from the pagoda and a beach barbecue with langoustines, scallops and crispy aromatic duck. Adding a drop of water and it becomes like a comfort blanket with flavours of tropical fruit salad and clean sweet peat smoke.
