Whisky Magazine – August 2019

Issue 161 | 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)

That Boutique-y Whisky Company

Aultmore Distillery

ATOM SUPPLIES

ABV: 48.8%

Style: Single Malt

Region: Speyside

Price per bottle: =====

Bottling: Independent

Availability: Worldwide

Rob

8.3 7. 8

Lyndsey

Nose: Empty cigar

boxes, cedar chips

and seasoned logs.

Then sweetens up with

marzipan and icing

sugar. Battenberg cake

and cherry jam. Water

brings more fruit

and tobacco.

Palate: Watermelon

flesh, apples and honey,

cookie dough and Oreo

biscuits. Sweet with

Banoffee pie and some

milk chocolate.

Finish: Hot and spicy,

lots of prickly elements,

water really mellows this

back and brings more

firewood forward.

Comments: It reminds

me of eating syrup

waffles on Bonfire night.

Nose: Some serious

nuttiness going on with

peanut brittle, brioche

buns and Hobnobs

yet it still remains light

and airy. Think Victoria

sponges topped with

orange jelly babies.

Palate: Starts off with

notes of single cream,

basil and dried mango

but soon after some

Nutella and banana

toast with a sprinkling

of cinnamon.

Finish: A pretty blunt

finish yet there is a light

spice lingering for a

teeny bit.

Comments: Honestly...

it’s kind of like a rich

tea biscuit. It’s great but

you doze off after the

4th one.

The Whisky Works

Glaswegian

WHYTE & MACKAY

ABV: 54.2%

Style: Single Grain

Region: Highland

Price per bottle: =====

Bottling: Distillery

Availability: Worldwide

Rob

9.1 8.9

Lyndsey

Nose: All sweetness

with cornflakes and

honey, white chocolate

pennies, white toast and

strawberry jam. Fresh

cut and boiled corn

cobs. Wheat crackers

then barley sugar water,

peach flavoured.

Palate: Huge sweetness

that lasts and clings,

orange oil, lime zest

punches, then spices

rise in the form of chilli

oil. Cherry compote and

fresh meringue.

Finish: Spicy, then

drying with that chilli

seed heat.

Comments: Oh grain,

with this excellence

you should be on

everyone’s agenda.

Nose: Definitely has

that distinctive hot

acetate note straight

off the nose. Cooked

red apples in red wine

vinegar, baked salmon

and candied lemon peel

begin to appear though.

Palate: Surprisingly

creamy – buttered

scones and banana

milkshakes. Sweet

fruits with Irn Bru

and peaches in syrup

followed by gingerbread,

cloves and fennel seeds.

Finish: This grain

surprises you with every

sip as new flavours

just keep creeping up

on you.

Comments: If the Pink

Panther theme tune was

a whisky....

The Whisky Works

King of Trees

WHYTE & MACKAY

ABV: 46.5%

Style: Blended Malt

Region: Highland

Price per bottle: =====

Bottling: Distillery

Availability: Worldwide

Rob

8.4 8.8

Lyndsey

Nose: Really light and

aromatic honey, delicate

flowers in brown paper.

Rolls of Sellotape.

Honey roast chilli. The

alcohol prickle grows.

Palate: Very mellow at

first, lovely and honey

laden. Fresh orange

juice, lemon mousse,

Frangipane – soft

peaches and vanilla.

Then slowly spices grow

with smoky tobacco.

Finish: Punchy and

spicy, eventually dried

on cracked black pepper

and chilli seeds.

Comments: Full

of soft spices, like

eating Frangipane in a

meadow, sweet

and heady.

Nose: Meringues and

cinnamon dusted

dehydrated pineapples

followed by pickled

raspberries, mahogany,

lavender soap and a

new pair of Dr. Martens.

Palate: A mixture of

peaches, raspberries

and apricots in syrup

with sweet liquorice

creating a leathery

texture. Strikingly herbal

with pine trees, lightly

torched rosemary and

hot ginger water.

Finish: Hot ginger

carries straight through

to the end with a light,

oily finish.

Comments: Well hello

whirlwind! Constantly

twisting from light and

juicy to rich and spicy.

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