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Old Malt Cask, Douglas Laing Single malt - Speyside Mahogany 50% ABV Bottle
Nose: Sweet sherry, walnuts, oak, raisins and malt. Hints of blackberry and cherry. Mouthfeel: Medium body, syrupy, a little astringent. Great drinking strength! Tasting: Sweet. Raisins, cherries, oak and beer. Tastes almost exactly like a cognac. Hints of "rubber band", an astringent sharp taste that all brandies have. Finish: Long. White wine, dry and cooling. Fades to malty beer - the cognac is gone. Comments:
I'm so very lucky to have a bottle of this! It's a great birthday present from the Pretty Lady. Excellent whisky, virtually a cognac - the sherry casks really did its job well here. It's the equal of any brandy I've ever had, and then some. I'll miss this bottle when it's gone.
In my book, any distilled spirit made using malted grain mash, where you can still taste the grain. That means malt whisky, grain whisky, bourbon and new make spirit, single, blended or vatted.
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