Inchdairnie 4yo 2020/2025

Inchdairnie 4yo 2020/2025

Soho Selection, Milroy’s of Soho
Single malt - Lowlands
Pale gold
57.1% ABV
Dram

Nose: Lemon zest, photocopy paper, pencil erasers, pear drops, yoghurt, malted grains, cinnamon, fresh baked bread. With water, olive brine, tyre rubber, lemon zest, new plastic. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, hot, volatile, loosens. 
Tasting:  Salty sour. Lemon zest, fresh baked bread, malted grains, peat, tyre rubber, hints of white pepper. With water, lemon zest, olive brine, fresh baked bread. 
Finish: Short. Soot, peat, smoke, tyre rubber, fresh baked bread. 

Comments: 

Cask 744. Citrusy and malty with some earthy sulphur wreathed over it. Water brings out something savoury, like olive brine, while retaining the citrus and malt flavours..

Verdict:

I like this.

Kinglassie Raw 8yo 2017/2025

Kinglassie Raw 8yo 2017/2025

Official bottling
Single malt - Lowlands
Pale yellow
46.3% ABV
Dram

Nose: Pear drops, kombucha, fresh cut grass, malted grains, cooked rice, lemongrass, hints of pandan. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, loosens, tingly, warm. 
Tasting:  Bitter sweet. Peat, leather, kombucha, fresh cut grass, cooked rice, gooseberries, hints of diesel exhaust. 
Finish: Medium. Lemon zest, kombucha, diesel exhaust, fresh cut grass. 

Comments: 

Grassy and herbal, some quite gentle cereal notes too. The peatiness here manifests in some slightly sooty, exhaust fumes notes at the back of the tongue and on the finish.

Verdict:

I like this.

Kinglassie 8yo 2017/2025 Double Matured

Kinglassie 8yo 2017/2025

Official bottling
Single malt - Lowlands
Dark gold
46.3% ABV
Dram

Nose: Driftwood smoke, honey, coffee, white pepper, peat, leather, hints of roast chicken. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, static, warm, slightly tingly. 
Tasting:  Salty sweet. Driftwood smoke, honey, hay, fresh cut grass, white pepper, peat, autumn leaves, sea salt. 
Finish: Long. Coffee, peat, autumn leaves, white pepper. 

Comments: 

Kinglassie is peated Inchdairnie. This one is sweet and savoury, and quite fragrant. It’s very earthy, almost ahead of its peatiness, and laden with overtones of grass and hay.

Verdict:

I like this.

Ryelaw Single Grain 2017/2022

Ryelaw Single Grain 2017/2022

Official bottling 
Single rye - Lowlands
Amber
46.3% ABV
Dram

Nose: Magic marker, pear drops, lemon zest, white pepper, sour cream, hints of green tea. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, thickens slightly, cool, slightly slippery. 
Tasting:  Sour. Pear drops, lemon zest, brass polish, malted grains, white pepper, hints of sour cream. 
Finish: Short. Lemon zest, vanilla, rye bread, gooseberries, lemon juice, hints of white pepper. 

Comments: 

Bottle AZ3501. Quite a tart whisky, and unusually sour for a rye whisky. Lots of fruit and cereal are present, but it’s overlaid by this strong, rather intense sour note. It’s lemon juice but also sour cream. 

Verdict:

I like this.

Finglassie 6yo 2017/2023

Finglassie 6yo 2017/2023

James Eadie
Single malt - Lowlands
Silvery gold
57.2% ABV
Dram

Nose: Yeast, yoghurt, peat, honey, lemon zest, green apples, hints of smoked bacon. With water, chillies, green apples, honey, peat, smoke. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, volatile, tingly, hot. 
Tasting:  Sour bitter. Yoghurt, green apples, petrichor, tarry rope, honey, white grapes, smoke. With water, tarry rope, peat, honey, white grapes. 
Finish: Short. Tarry rope, green apples, peat, petrichor, hints of smoked bacon. 

Comments: 

Cask 156. This is peated Inchdairnie. I’ve never had the unpeated version. This one is yeasty and lactic, with a strong note of green apples, alongside other white fruit. Promising.

Verdict:

I like this.