May 2012 Tasting - The Newly Popped

[Ganga]

Hey, I figure that folks are interested in new bottles now that they've cleaned up their "collection". And since I figure most guys "can't wait", we'll open it up early for "premature" activities.....

[Willie JJ]

This could get messy

[AdamMY]

Kicking this off with Compass box Asyla.

Nice golden color. Lovely warm buttery bakery aroma. Cool vanila notes with a slight spice aroma but a lot of sugar and butter.

Slightly too woody for my tastes but lots of vanila and sugar. Also a nice hint of butter. Simple but somehow really works. Almost like fresh cooked chocolate chipcookies.

[Willie JJ]

Cracked a Bowmore NAS CS 1l tonight but there's not enough of that (or anything else) left for me to say anything sensible about it

hic

[pkt77242]

Redbreast 12yo CS.

Peaches spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. The syrup from fruit cups, with a little vanilla and white pepper. Very nice.

[AdamMY]

Redemption rye batch 32


Aluring aroma of white pepper green peppers nutmeg coriander and bubble gum.

Very nice sweet but peppery taste, but as it heads into the finish it packs a spicy punch like jalopeno infused gasoline.

[AdamMY]

Ancient age

Lots of spice wood and syrup on the nose.

Taste is almost too sweet fadeing into rum cake and alcohol flavors. Finish is raw carrots spice and sugapr.

[AdamMY]

anCnoc 12

Lovely aroma reminisceint of Monkey Shoulder with a bit more heft perhaps oak and touch of black pepper. In adittion to the pears and apples on the aroma a nice hint of coconut.

Taste is honeyed and vanilla with hints of apple. Also has quite an oily and chewy texture. Finish is on the rough side, its a whisky that lets you know you just drank whisky.

[pkt77242]

Just opened a bottle of Kirkland Signature Small Batch Bourbon. My 3rd bottle of it and a good deal at $20 for 1L.

Peanut brittle, peanut shells, some vanilla and caramel. Also a little rye husksl, saw dust and caramel.

[AdamMY]

Clynelish 14 OB

Quite Delicious, very thick and chewy, and fruity. I love how I get lots of fruit in Clynelish, with hints of other sweetness. This has all of that with just a touch of drying smoke and grassy bitterness to give it a little extra character.

[Ganga]

Opened the Binny's Longmorn bottling to compare to a bottle of Longmorn 12. Binny's was much better. Think bourbon cask notes for it. I will do some more formal notes later.

[AdamMY]

95/15 SV Imperial Cask 50314


Aroma comes across as a bit sharp, almost too alcoholic, heavy on the grains, lots of toasted rice, and barely. Where this fails in aroma, it makes up on the palate. It really steps up its game with an abundance of grain, with a bit of caramel. The finish is long with lots of black pepper.

[Willie JJ]

Rattray's Selection 19yo Blended Malt Batch no.1 55.8%

[AdamMY]

Rattray's Selection 19yo Blended Malt Batch no.1 55.8%

Any thoughts?

[Ganga]

Just opened a bottle of Kirkland Signature Small Batch Bourbon. My 3rd bottle of it and a good deal at $20 for 1L.

Peanut brittle, peanut shells, some vanilla and caramel. Also a little rye husksl, saw dust and caramel.

Hey me too. And my third....


I get all those notes except that it is more almonds for me instead of peanuts.

[Ganga]

Just opened a bottle of Kirkland Signature Small Batch Bourbon. My 3rd bottle of it and a good deal at $20 for 1L.

Peanut brittle, peanut shells, some vanilla and caramel. Also a little rye husksl, saw dust and caramel.

Hey me too. And my third....


I get all those notes except that it is more almonds for me instead of peanuts.

And tonight it is peanuts. Think crushed with bits of the meat and shell combined.

[Ganga]

Opened the Binny's Longmorn bottling to compare to a bottle of Longmorn 12. Binny's was much better. Think bourbon cask notes for it. I will do some more formal notes later.

Ok, I promised.....

N: sweet, malty, leather
P: more better malt, leather, lightly peated/smokey, waxy, honey - heather
F: long, complex, leather, smoke and wax

[Ganga]

some of you have to be dying to open something....

[Willie JJ]

Was away to Skye last week so I opened a Talisker 2007 Distillery Only 53.9%. Sadly this sold out a couple of years ago and they have not replaced it. The distillery staff are keen that they should but no luck so far.

I also opened a 12yo Bowmore Enigma 1l and an A D Rattray Benrinnes 13yo 53.5% sherry cask. The Benrinnes is mighty

[pkt77242]

Macallan 12

Brown sugar, vanilla, raisins, wheat toast and a little nuts with a hint of cinnamon. Good for the price and a nice everyday Macallan 12. This must be my 3rd or 4th bottle of this and I still really enjoy it for the price.

[AdamMY]

99/11 SV Glen Rothes Un-Chillfiltered Collection Cask 12567 Tiffany's Wine and Spirits Kalamazoo

I want to like this, first impression is not bad, but I have a lot of bad memories from the likes of Aultmore and Glen Moray. This seems to be in their style, light, and refreshing, lots of lemon and other citrus's, and hints of oil. So while it seems so much like those others, it somehow succeeds where the others have failed, while definitely a lot of lemon, it lacks the overwhelming Lemon Cleaner the other have had. The taste is also a lot fuller, with a good bit of malt and sweetness. The lemon presents its self as almost a non sour filling to a lemon meringue pie.

The Clerk at Checkout asked me if I had purchased this before, because he said he was quite fond of it and insisted that they were down to their last case, so it won't be around much longer. From my first taste perspective, I a not sure I would pick up another bottle personally.

[AdamMY]

00/11 SV Laphroig UCF Cask number 3599


Let me just say its good to have Islay back in the house. Thats a delicious aroma, even though there is not a lot of depth to it. Damn, does it deliver on the taste, lots of vegetable sweetness, fading into an almost stewed mushroom dryness and chewy-ness. This is one bottle I may need to go back and try and find more, damn this is tasty.

[Ganga]

In celebration tonight, I am opening up a Signatory Mortlach 9, 1988, 43%. Yes, I've had this before but it has been around 3 years since I finished the last bottle.

[Ganga]

Tis St George's Day but I have no english whisky. So Mortlach it is

Signatory Mortlach 9, 1988, 43%, cask 2622

Nose: leather, cinnamon, nougat, heather
Palate: 3 Musketeers filling, cinnamon, marzipan, leather, dried oranges
Finish: surprisingly long, filled with cinnamon and marzipan goodness

This is a very good and relaxing dram. I'm glad that I have a couple more stashed away. I'm sure this will be missed when the last one is gone but I may be celebrating 60 by then.

[pkt77242]

Glenmorangie Artein

Sponge cake, oranges, strawberries, and vanilla. Then some blackberry jam. Hints of mint and almost a touch of new oak. Also a little plum.

An interesting whisky. Not sure that I love it but it is enjoyable.

[Ganga]

Glenmorangie Artein

Sponge cake, oranges, strawberries, and vanilla. Then some blackberry jam. Hints of mint and almost a touch of new oak. Also a little plum.

An interesting whisky. Not sure that I love it but it is enjoyable.

Worth the entry fee?

[pkt77242]

Glenmorangie Artein

Sponge cake, oranges, strawberries, and vanilla. Then some blackberry jam. Hints of mint and almost a touch of new oak. Also a little plum.

An interesting whisky. Not sure that I love it but it is enjoyable.

Worth the entry fee?

Depends on what it costs where you are. It was $80 here and I won't be rebuying at that price, but if it was $65 I would recommend (well on one nights worth of tasting, that could change after it has been open for a while).

[Ganga]

Do you regret the purchase? One time purchase at that price or no-go?

[Willie JJ]

I don't have an Artein yet, but on the basis of the taste I had I will probably buy one. I am a sucker for jammy flavours though.

[AdamMY]

Chivas Regal 12.

Not bad taste wise, if I could somehow set aside the ultra bitter component wasn't there. Honestly tastes like a mix of sawdust, and rubbing alcohol.

[AdamMY]

Glenlivet 12.

Always consistent, lots of tropical fruits. Though either its the whisky after the icecream, so maybe the chivas 12 will be better, as the glenlivet is more bitter than I remember it being.

[johan brugge]

Aberfeldy 12yo as a present for my BD. Not bad but that's about it.

[Ganga]

Aberfeldy 12yo as a present for my BD. Not bad but that's about it.

Ja, not one of my favorites either.

[johan brugge]

Ardbeg Ten. It's been quite a while since I last opened a Ten. This dram was sweeter than I can remember from the last time. Maybe the glass of white wine before this Then had anything to do with it.

[pkt77242]

Ardbeg Ten. It's been quite a while since I last opened a Ten. This dram was sweeter than I can remember from the last time. Maybe the glass of white wine before this Then had anything to do with it.

I haven't opend a bottle of Ardbeg Ten in a while. I think it is about time to buy another.