Scotch Malt Whisky Society “Bask in Jamaican Sunshine” – Scotch Whisky News
Say hello to Whisky Baba, the latest release from our award-winning series of small-batch blended malts. This intensely fruity beauty will have you basking in the heat of the Jamaican sunshine with an explosion of rum-soaked pineapple along with gentle spices, like whisky baba in a glass.
To create it, we took some French oak barriques previously used to mature Jamaican rum in the Cognac region of France. We filled them with a selection of Speyside malts for 28 months of additional maturation, then blended selected casks together to create this unmissable dram – which has already won a Double Gold medal in the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Price: £75.00 ABV: 58.6% Age: 12 years
On the nose, golden syrup and honey on to wheat biscuit breakfast cereal. Some indulged in chocolate-coated marzipan and slices of rich madeira cake, while others baked a golden syrup sponge that was heavy on orange peel and dried papaya. The taste was an explosion of rum-soaked pineapples while the French oak contributed spices such as anise and cinnamon. A satisfying toasty oak note evolved into vanilla pods, mace, nutmeg, orange oil and mango. With a splash of water, we could smell a bowl of sugar-coated puffed rice, varnish and resinous oak, ginger cake, orange zest and barley sugars.
Grab a bottle now and share enjoy it in good company, before it’s gone forever.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ
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