Adelphi Knockdhu 1989, 12 Years Old, Cask 286

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 21 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Mint toffee. Palate Butterscotch sauce. Oat cookies with raisins. Ginger snaps. Finish Long, warming. Comment Delicious. Perilously drinkable. Drink it with dessert. No, pour it all over the ice-cream.

Dave Broom Nose Very viscous. A big, quite robust, and, in time, toasty nose filled with cooked fruits, nutmeg, chestnut with a lift of mustard leaves and ginger. Palate Thick and quite exotic to start with hints of wild herbs. Slightly lacking in definition. Finish Nutty with some peach stone. Some smoke. Comment Best with only a splash of water.