Whisky Magazine – August 2019

70 Whisky Magazine | Issue 161

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Silkie

The Legendary Silkie Irish Whiskey

SLIABH LIAG DISTILLERS

ABV: 40.0%

Style: Blended

Region: Rep. of Ireland

Price per bottle: =====

Bottling: Independent

Availability: Worldwide

Rob

8.0 8.1

Lyndsey

Nose: Bags of fresh

oak chips, malt extract

then floral notes, gorse

flowers, dried rose

petals and bluebells.

Citrus with orange

rind and then some

blueberry pancakes.

Palate: Fruity at first,

mango and dried

apricots. Vanilla pods

and chilli honey, then

the oak tannins grip.

Tea soaked prunes and

coffee grinds.

Finish: Takes its time

then dried on liquorice,

the pink ones, and

Szechuan peppers.

Comments: Woodier

than a woodchuck

chucker’s pocket.

Nose: Lemon drizzle

cake served with

pistachio ice cream and

over-ripe banana skins.

Light and fruity kiwis,

crushed red apples and

then dark chocolate

Turkish Delights.

Palate: Freshly baked

sweet banana bread,

cereal milk and roasted

macadamias with grated

nutmeg and gingerbread

hot spice on the finish.

Basil and almonds begin

to appear.

Finish: Super fruity with

a spicy, dry consistency

creating length.

Comments: When

you’ve jammed an entire

packet of fruit Polos in

your mouth.

Michter’s

Single Barrel 10 Years Old

MICHTER’S DISTILLERY LLC

ABV: 47.2%

Style: Bourbon

Region: Kentucky

Price per bottle: =====

Bottling: Distillery

Availability: Worldwide

Rob

9.3 9.2

Lyndsey

Nose: Packs a punch.

BBQ sweetcorn, smoked

sea salt and paprika

pork chops. Then the

wood, bags of oak,

sawmills in the height of

summer, cedar blocks.

Then a gentle menthol

note, linen bandages

and witch hazel.

Palate: Black cherries

and very dark chocolate.

Treacle cakes and

cinder toffee bars.

Aromatic lamb. Spices

build and wood tannins

take hold.

Finish: Long and punchy

• keeps on giving and
  never lets go.
  Comments: Only one
  word: gorgeous.

Nose: Sugary sweet

with rhubarb crumble,

cherries in kirsch syrup,

geranium leaves and a

paper bag full of rum

'n’ raisin fudge. Tingling

spices with star anise

rounding it all up.

Palate: Star anise,

sandalwood, crushed

fennel seeds and

toasted chilli flakes.

Eventually a creaminess

joins with melted butter

and toffee popcorn.

Finish: That long, dry

texture at the back of

the throat when you’re

in the sauna.

Comments: Sweet,

spicy, creamy, spicy,

sweet, spicy, creamy,

spicy... you get the idea.

That Boutique-y Whisky Company

Glen Keith Distillery

ATOM SUPPLIES

ABV: 44.0%

Style: Single Malt

Region: Speyside

Price per bottle: =====

Bottling: Independent

Availability: Worldwide

Rob

7. 7 8.2

Lyndsey

Nose: Cherry lips and

Parma violets, a little

glue stick and barley

water flavoured with

lime and pear. Neat

and strong elderflower

cordial, roast hazelnuts,

tweed picnic blankets.

Then beeswax polish,

vinyl records and

cardboard. Finally fresh

hints of sandalwood.

Palate: Very sweet

with Chocolate-coated

almonds, roast apple

slices with brown sugar.

Cold honey roast ham

and charcoal wafers.

Finish: Huge tannins

make it seriously

mouth-puckering.

Comments: Lacking

some cohesion.

Enjoyable though.

Nose: This is one fruity

Speyside rammed full

of green apple laces,

strawberry toothpaste

and Wrigley’s Juicyfruit

chewing gum. Hints

of liquorice and some

heather honey.

Palate: Candied fruits

have become sour

plums and baked

rhubarb with a slice of

carrot and walnut cake.

Touches of gorse

flower, cashew milk

and honeycomb.

Finish: A long, dry finish

with wisps of lavender

tea to round it all up.

Comments: A Speyside

that gives you every

possible element of

fruity – fresh, sour,

cooked and candied.

Svensk Rök

Swedish Single Malt Whisky

MACKMYRA SVENSK WHISKY

ABV: 46.1%

Style: Single Malt

Region: N/A

Price per bottle: =====

Bottling: Distillery

Availability: Worldwide

Rob

8.3 8.8

Lyndsey

Nose: Tea soaked

prunes, a little hint

of tobacco and

some gentle smoke.

Fatty bacon cooking

downstairs. Honeycomb

and milk chocolate.

Then an earthiness with

leather bindings, leaf

mulch and damp wool.

Palate: Nutty at first,

paper bags full of

chocolate coated

hazelnuts and candied

almonds. Warm, fresh

sourdough bread with

slivers of mango.

Finish: Long and fruity,

slowly dries leaving

walnut skins.

Comments: That

nutty side of this is

wonderfully engaging.

Nose: Toasted rye bread

with lime jelly and

smoked almonds all

bundled up in a lettuce

wrap. Sweet, fruity and

beautifully floral with

some notes of lavender,

aloe vera and lastly

strawberry laces.

Palate: Floral on the

palate with lavender

infused earl grey

tea, peppermint and

honeysuckle. A warming

spice follows with toffee

creams, fresh ginger

and chewed tobacco.

Finish: Soft and luscious

with sparkling ginger.

Comments: In a

nutshell, a little bit

of everything.

AMERICA REP. OF IRELAND

SWEDEN SCOTLAND

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