Issue 167 | Whisky Magazine 71
Bottle price guide: £11-25 (US$17-40) £26-70 (US$40-110) £71-120 (US$110-190) £121-180 (US$190-280) £181 plus (US$280 plus)Stupidly delicious.
I want more
Becky Paskin
Seven Seals Peated
Double Wood Finish Cask Proof
SEVEN SEALS DISTILLERY AGABV: 58.7%
Style: Single Malt
Region: N/A
Price per bottle:
Bottling: Distillery
Availability: WorldwideRob
8.4 8.9
Becky
Nose: Big and punchy
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give a great smoke
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salmon with a tinge of
caramelisation. Roast
pineapple with mint.
Palate:7KHEDUEHFXH
effect continues, has a
fatty, almost oily edge,
like peppered prawns
roasting on alder planks.
Sweetness from plum
sauce and a little miso.
Finish: That smoke
comes through and
gently dries with a
cherry menthol edge.
Comments:+HOOR
Switzerland and
welcome to the party...
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as well!Nose:$KXJHELOORZ
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soot conceals luscious
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maraschino cherries in
syrup as well.
Palate: More tinned fruit
cocktail in syrup with a
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the smoke develops and
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with glazed ham and
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Finish: Sucking cough
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Comments: Switzerland
nailing smoky whisky.
Yum, yum.Tomatin
Decades II Limited Edition
TOMATIN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTDABV: 46%
Style: Single Malt
Region:+LJKODQG
Price per bottle:
Bottling: Distillery
Availability: WorldwideRob
8.3 9.4
Becky
Nose:%LJDQGEROG
full on old fashioned
sweetshop notes, cola
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Á\LQJVDXFHUV7LQQHG
peaches and apricot
jam. A little spice lurks.
Palate: Sweetness
keeps going and a little
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liquorice laces and
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Finish: All that
sweetness comes
together, tinned fruit all
the way with a creamy,
vanilla edge.
Comments: One for the
sweet-toothed initially,
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spice too.Nose: Loads of tropical
fruit here: pineapple,
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and lime zest, with a
note of chewy sweeties
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DQG+DULERULQJV
Palate: Super juicy and
mouth watering. More
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mango, pineapple, pink
grapefruit, with a touch
of oak spice, caramel
and vanilla cream.
Finish: Zingy. Grapefruit
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VKHUEHWDVZHOO
Comments: Stupidly
delicious. I want more.Smögen
Primör Revisited
60g*(1:+,6.<$%ABV: 68.2%
Style: Single Malt
Region: N/A
Price per bottle:
Bottling: Distillery
Availability: WorldwideRob
- 3 7. 7
Becky
Nose:+XJHDOFRKRO
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little water reveals more
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Drying hardwood, that
sweet, almost creamy
hit you get from the
woodshed, a little
smoke and coconut.
Palate: Still gives you
plenty of those wood
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VRPHÁDYRXUIXOIUHVK
wood too, apple and
pecan wood chips. More
orchard fruit with a little
sweet chilli spice too.
Finish:$VORZEXUQHU
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clean and cleansing.
Comments: A wonderful
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and smoke.Nose: Green wood, tree
sap and fresh wood
shavings. Sour kiwi lurks
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water releases a more
toasted oak quality.
Palate: Lots of new
oak, all spice and pine
needles. Add water for
sweetness and vanilla,
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apple skin with a touch
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Finish: Fragrant and
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smoke and soot.
Comments: Needless to
say, you might want to
add water.SWITZERLAND SWEDEN
SCOTLAND
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