Scotch Malt Whisky Society of Canada “June Outturn” – Scotch Whisky News
The June Outturn stirs the senses with a lip-smacking new selection of summertime single casks for you to taste and explore!
CASK No. 44.69 TANTALIZING TANNINS
11 years old; refill barrel; 57.3%; Juicy, oak & vanilla
Tempting aromas like lifting the lid of a box off pralines whilst brewing a Rooibos chai tea. Diluted, fresh lemon juice and orange barley water followed by antique leather bound books on the nose and on the palate a Caribbean fruit punch.
CASK No. 28.28 LAY YOUR HEAD ON MY PILLOW
10 years old; refill barrel; 60%; Sweet, fruity & mellow
A crisp start with notes of warm wood embers to follow. Taste neat had a good chili heat with the syrupy viscosity of sweet and sour sauce. Diluted, zingy buttercream and flavours of carrot cake with a cinnamon frosting.
CASK No. 50.72 SUMMER’S NIGHT IN LOVERS’ LANE
25 years old; refill barrel; 50.2%; Deep, rich & dried fruits
Butterflies of scent flit around – orange blossom, heather, cedar, plum brandy and leather; honeysuckle, mango and apple pie with water. The palate has Danish pastries, butter croissants, pipe tobacco, coconut, pineapple, chocolate cherries and various woody spices (ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon).
CASK No. 35.133 MEDITERRANEAN MAHARAJAH GOES AMERICAN
20 years old; 1st fill toasted oak hogshead; 55.8%; Spicy & sweet
Powerful spicy rye: cardamom, cassia, blackcurrant and cinnamon cookie dough. Oily black tea scented with star anise. Smoky tomato tapenade, digestives dipped in dark chocolate, peanut brittle toffee. Tanned leather and meaty scallops in a rib sauce. Something’s gone awry!
CASK No. 29.164 A BALLERINA AT THE BARBECUE
17 years old; refill hoshead; 49.2%; Lightly peated
A damp deck, antiseptic and lint bandages. Bloody Mary with white fish wrapped in bacon, spritzed with lime. Popcorn with sea salt and black pepper with cucumber sandwiches. Shellfish drizzled with coriander with grilled halloumi and green peppers. Dainty and delicious!
CASK No. 3.255 GENIE IN A BOTTLE
21 years old; refill sherry butt; 46.6%; Peated
Clean perfumed smoke, sun scorched heather, crystallized ginger and seared scallops – this was a genie in a glass. On the palate the genie was released in a puff of perfumed smoke. Let’s give it a rub and make a wish.
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