Bottle - Cask # G4.2, Attractive spirit in a cloak of oak
Cask No. G4.2, Attractive spirit in a cloak of oak
G4.2
Attractive spirit in a cloak of oak
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Cask No. G4.2 Old & dignified

Attractive spirit in a cloak of oak

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The oak has a make or break impact on grain whisky – and we found abundant wood on the nose – dunnage warehouses and a French polisher’s workshop – plus corn cobs, tobacco leaf, Manuka honey, candy floss, vanilla, chocolate-coated marshmallows, pineapple and rum truffles. It became more buttery with water (marmalade on toast, buttered crumpets) with spun sugar, shoe polish and charcoal embers. The palate held our interest – bourbon-like sweetness (butterscotch, chocolate, peanut brittle, caramel, honey-glazed ham) with slightly bitter hints of cocoa powder, tobacco and leather and a pleasant oaky dryness insinuating resin and wood-sap. From the biggest distillery in Scotland.

Age 28
Date Distilled April 1984
Cask Type Refill hogshead
Region Lowland
Outturn 218 bottles
ABV 55.4 %