Whisky Magazine – August 2019

Issue 161 | Whisky Magazine 67

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)

Drinking a morning cup

of peppermint tea

in a patisserie

Lyndsey Gray

Fusion Series

#1

BARDSTOWN BOURBON COMPANY

ABV: 49.5%

Style: Bourbon

Region: Kentucky

Price per bottle: =====

Bottling: Distillery

Availability: Worldwide

Rob

8.2 8.0

Lyndsey

Nose: Morello cherry

and vanilla ice cream,

apricot pie, cinnamon

and coconut macaroons.

Orange liqueur and

almond croissants.

Moves to floral, apple

blossoms and then to

fresh oak and black in

on paper.

Palate: Oak sweetness

then black tea tannins.

Fruits start to emerge

in the background with

cherries, roast apples

and oranges. A sort of

synthetic sweetness –

not in a bad way though.

Finish: Long and

lingering chilli heat, with

a prickly sherbet edge.

Comments: Fruity and

zippy with the alcohol

under control.

Nose: Herbal tones of

peppermint, pinenuts

and sautéed red

cabbage followed by

hot white chocolate,

whipped cream and

marshmallows with a

little honeycomb.

Palate: Straight away it’s

like chewing on a fruit 'n'

nut bar but soon after

there is peach yoghurt,

orange marmalade,

liquorice and some

barbequed sweetcorn.

Finish: A buttery

texture concluding with

those initial herbal

characteristics that

appeared on the nose.

Comments: Drinking

a morning cup of

peppermint tea in

a patisserie.

Highland Park

Twisted Tattoo 16 Years Old

THE EDRINGTON GROUP

ABV: 46.7%

Style: Single Malt

Region: Islands

Price per bottle: =====

Bottling: Distillery

Availability: Worldwide

Rob

8.8 8.9

Lyndsey

Nose: Heather and

gorse flowers, oat cakes

with goat’s cheese.

There’s a menthol edge,

a tin of chalky mints.

Sweet William and apple

blossom. Salami with

fennel seeds. Manchego

cheese. A faint metallic

edge, wrapped in cord.

Palate: Gentle smoke

notes with some salted

butter, creamy and

tangy. Glacé cherries.

Rum and raisin

ice cream.

Finish: Melon wrapped

in Parma ham sprinkled

with cinnamon powder.

Slowly dries.

Comments: A great

starting dram for an

early 80s dinner party.

Nose: Floral and

aromatic for an Island

whisky with lavender oil,

jasmine soap, freshly

cut cucumbers and

cardamom seeds. Wisps

of sea salt chocolate

and baked coconuts.

Palate: Nutty spices

come to the forefront of

the palate with roasted

hazelnuts, cayenne

pepper, hot sandalwood

and barbequed

charcoal. Dirty oil,

polished mahogany and

blackcurrant crumble.

Finish: Hot and peaty

with an oily consistency.

Comments: A real

tastebud boxer.

Glenglassaugh

Octaves Batch 2

BROWN-FORMAN

ABV: 44.0%

Style: Single Malt

Region: Highland

Price per bottle: =====

Bottling: Distillery

Availability: Worldwide

Rob

8.1 8.4

Lyndsey

Nose: A little sweet up

front but seems to hold

back a little, pears in

syrup, beeswax, heather,

fine grade leather,

used horse riding tack

and some drying wool.

There’s a touch of dying

ember too.

Palate: Plenty of vanilla

fudge and then into the

sweetness of raspberry

jam. It is still waxy and

sweet with mango flesh.

Finish: Long and

chalky peppered with

cinnamon and a little

ginger powder.

Comments: Quite nice

despite being shy. In

time evolves into a good

solid dram.

Nose: It’s literally

like someone stuck

raspberries and spice

mix into a massive bowl

of Playdoh! Soft and

creamy with sea salt

milk chocolate, coconut

fudge and hot clay.

Palate: The creaminess

on the nose carries

through, but with sharp

bursts of pink grapefruit

zest, cherry cola bottles,

roasted hazelnuts and

rosemary salted chips.

Finish: Interesting tingly

finish on an otherwise

creamy number.

Comments: It's The

Nutty Professor.

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