It's the most diverse, unusual, variable, interesting, delicious beverage on the planet. One could drink two drams a day for the next 50 years and never discover all there is to taste, smell and savour.
2009, SMWS Single malt - Speyside Orange amber 58.9% ABV Dram
Nose: Brown paper, potato chips, caramel, raisins, raw latex, hints of tablet, hints of biscuit. Mouthfeel:Medium body, raw, smooth, hot, volatile. Tasting: Sweet. Black tea, brown paper, raisins, tablet, biscuit, plums, cinnamon, hints of almonds. Finish: Short. Cinnamon, plums, tablet No water. Comments:
Mouth-coating and sweet. This is proper Macallan, and shows what the whisky could be. The official bottlings have less body, and are less rounded in terms of flavour. Great combination of brown paper, Scottish tablet and plums. Verdict:
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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