Scotch Malt Whisky Society of Canada May 2023 Outturn – Scotch Whisky News
We’re celebrating 40 years this year, and the May Outturn is another spectacular line up of whiskies worth discovering!
QUIET CONFIDENCE
REGION: Highland Island
CASK TYPE: 1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead
AGE: 25 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Sweet, fruity & mellow
BOTTLE NOTE: “A sense of calmness, with aromas we associated with sweet tobacco and soft waxy pieces of papaya. Gentle yet complex, delicate yet incisive!”
THICK AS MINCE
REGION: Speyside
CASK TYPE: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
AGE: 8 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Spicy & sweet
BOTTLE NOTE: “An immensely ‘fat’ and well-textured dram. Full of sweet fruit juices and dessert wines, along with camphor waxes, resins, herbs and spice.”
UNTO THINE OWN CASK BE TRUE
REGION: Speyside
CASK TYPE: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
AGE: 11 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Juicy, oak & vanilla
BOTTLE NOTE: “A big hearty, cask-driven dram. Lots of juicy oaky sweetness, condensed milk, sweetened herbal teas and richer tones of tobacco and gorse.”
CHILLI-BAKED CASHEWS
REGION: Highland
CASK TYPE: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
AGE: 9 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Spicy & dry
BOTTLE NOTE: “We collected conkers under a horse chestnut tree eating a Danish smorrebrod. Diluted, an elderflower cordial with sweet chilli baked cashews.”
SMOKUS FRUTICOSUS
CASK TYPES: Bourbon, PX & Oloroso barrels, butts & hogsheads
AGE: 10 years
This blended malt is comprised of malt whiskies from the islands of Islay & Orkney. We made use of bourbon barrels and hogsheads, as well as Spanish and American oak sherry hogsheads, which were seasoned with Oloroso & Pedro Ximenez wines. The resulting whisky is sweet, rich & intensely smoky, as the medicinal character of Islay peat marries with the floral & earthy smoke of the Orkney isles.
FANCY MEATING YOU HERE
REGION: Taiwan
CASK TYPE: 1st fill barrel #3 char level
AGE: 6 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Lightly peated
BOTTLE NOTE: “Wild, dark, densely meaty, herbal and with deep medical complexities. A thick and savoury dram to chew over. *May require a knife and fork*”
TARRED AND TREACLED
REGION: Islay
INITIAL CASK: Ex-bourbon hogshead
FINAL CASK: 1st fill American oak PX hogshead
AGE: 14 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Heavily peated
BOTTLE NOTE: “Like a Sunday feast for the nose yet more like a beast on the palate. Diluted, blackened Cumberland sausages and a sweet smoky beef consommé.”
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