Scotch Malt Whisky Society of Canada June 2022 Outturn – Scotch Whisky News
Celebrate the season with exotic flavours and colourful characters. We’re turning up the heat with our summer solstice selection of new cask bottlings.
A MULTIPLEX OF LUSH
CASK TYPE: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
AGE: 10 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Juicy, oak & vanilla
BOTTLE NOTE: “Juicy apples, pineapple and pear drops merged with sandalwood, coriander and blossom before toffee combined with gooseberries, oak and vanilla.”
SUNSHINY SHIMMER OF SATISFACTION
CASK TYPE: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
AGE: 10 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Spicy & sweet
BOTTLE NOTE: “Pineapple, rhubarb and orange; coconut, coffee, creamy vanilla and chamomile tea; Belgian waffles, brown sugar, barley sugars and bourbon.”
LIP-SMACKING AND SEDUCTIVELY LUSCIOUS
CASK TYPE: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
AGE: 18 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Sweet, fruity & mellow
BOTTLE NOTE: “Pink wafers, candy floss, fruit pastilles, bramble jelly, petits fours and apricot Danish; ginger pieces in dark chocolate to finish.”
A SHERRY SOUL
INITIAL CASK: Ex-Oloroso butt
FINAL CASK: 1st fill Pedro Ximenez butt
AGE: 14 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Deep, rich & dried fruits
BOTTLE NOTE: “Sit back, close your eyes and imagine you are in a busy tabanco (a tavern in Jerez with a sherry soul) listening to flamenco and eating tapas.”
PEATY PENINSULA
CASK TYPE: 1st fill Oloroso butt
AGE: 5 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Peated
BOTTLE NOTE: “A Scottish Highland wedding on a remote west coast peninsula, honeyed sweet smokiness, briny with a lemony spiciness – wise beyond its years.”
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