Connemara 12 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 43 by Peter Mulryan and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Peter Mulryan Nose Roses, heavy musk, damp conifers and bog. Palate Very soft, round and complex. The flavours are hard to unpick, but there's warm honey, buttered crumpet and a hint of sweet pipe smoke. Finish Long and chewy. Comment This is a bottling of 28 casks of the 1991 vintage, so it is particularly rare an therefore collectible. When it's gone. It's gone.

Dave Broom Nose Pungent, intense, marine-like, a sweet minty note backed with a touch of lanolin. Good balance, with some creamy popcorn notes. Palate fragrant but almost friable character: cashew, brittle toffee. Peat smoke, light nuttiness. Finish Honey, then ash. Comment Good balance. Doesn't like water. Start here.