Strathclyde 37 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 65 by Dave Broom and Martine Nouet.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose Mature notes: dunnage warehouse, discreet nuttiness. Water brings out its real substance. Oily and strangely, funkily, sweet. Palate Extremely sweet: elderflower and icing sugar, milk chocolate. With water, orange Spangles, pink marshmallow. Light grip. Finish Medium, oaky. Comment It’s in the twilight of its autumn, but has subtle complexity and less of the overt sweetness that old grains usually exhibit.

Martine Nouet Nose Grassy, herbal. Orange like in Cointreau. Candied angelica. Oatcakes. A touch of caramelised Demerara sugar. Palate Very spirity and tangy. A note of corked spirit and must. Finish Spicy, liquoriced. Comment The alcohol bite is assertive, on the nose as on the palate. And water does not make it much more palatable.