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 Butter gold 51.4% ABV Dram
Nose: Coca cola, butter, brown paper, smoked ham, dried apricots, hints of dried apples, hints of raisins. Mouthfeel:Medium body, slightly oily, thickens. Tasting: Sweet sour. Coca cola, butter, dried apricots, dried apples, vanilla, honey, smoked ham. Finish: Short. Faint, vanilla, dried apples, hints of brown paper. Comments:
Voluptuous and big (flavour-wise), with a teasing oily mouthfeel. Lots of dried fruit, like the good, aged, sherried Glen Grants out there. I think this was a bourbon cask though. Slow-aging whisky, but at its peak. 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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