Scotch Malt Whisky Soicety of Canada February 2017 Outturn – Scotch Whisky News
February’s Outturn brings a bountiful catch of new single casks that are crisp, fresh and mouth-watering. Cast your net and discover the perfect whisky for you!
CASK No. 30.81 A BAKER’S DELIGHT
23 years old; refill hogshead; 56%; Sweet, fruity & mellow
The nose evokes bakeries (Danish pastries, Magdalenas, croissants) with fruit (apricot jam, marmalade, peaches, rhubarb and custard) and floral perfume later. The palate has dried mango, caramelized sugar, amaretti biscuits, butterscotch, melted marshmallows and vanilla; hints of leather and tobacco underneath.
9 years old; 1st fill barrel; 58.2%; Juicy, oak & vanilla
Notes of Williams pear brandy and alpine strawberry fruit wine certainly made their impact on us before we tasted raspberry and gooseberry jelly and lemon curd. With water, banana bread and orange hobnobs, finishing strong with a strawberry and rose water gin fizz.
CASK No. 9.90 SPICY ‘ADULT’ SWEETNESS
26 years old; refill butt; 55.1%; Spicy & sweet
The nose has fine, deep sweetness – caramel wafers, dulce de leche, sweet tobacco, marmalade and sugary espresso dregs, with hints of pepper, wood and wicker. The palate’s chocolate gingers, Tia Maria, pain au chocolat and Crunchie bars deliver yummy adult sweetness.
CASK No. 36.102 AFTER THE RAIN
12 years old; 1st fill barrel; 57.7%; Juicy, oak & vanilla
Perfumed aromas with furniture polish, mango incense sticks and a coconut shea butter aromatic candle. Apricot and ginger frangipane tart and raspberry pepper jam made it a fiery and flavoursome experience. A drop of water and we promise you a rose garden.
CASK No. 33.134 PEAT ROASTED PIG HAWAIIAN STYLE
8 years old; 2nd fill butt; 60.9%; Peated
We were invited to a luau feast where a whole pig wrapped in banana leaves and covered in a wet burlap sack got slow roasted in an underground oven. The result was salty, sweet, smoky and succulent but also chewy, crispy and crunchy.
CASK No. 66.90 STEAM TRAIN THROUGH A PHARMACY
12 years old; refill barrel; 58.5%; Peated
The nose delivers unmistakable vanilla smoke – also cigar ash, polished wood, pine forests, steam trains and pharmacies. The palate has a more tarry smoke; also Buckley’s Mixture, Liquorice Allsorts and blackcurrant Halls – sweet, succulent and easy-drinking with a drop of water.
