Old Hobart Overeem Port Matured (Cask Strength)

Old Hobart Overeem Port Matured (Cask Strength)

Official bottling
Single malt - Tasmania
Rose wine
60% ABV
Dram

Nose: Oak, raisins, black tea, plums, hints of smoked bacon. With water, vanilla, clotted cream, raspberries. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, thickens, tingly, astringent. 
Tasting:  Sweet. Black tea, raisins, vanilla, clotted cream, red grapes, raspberries. With water, sweet salty, red grapes, salted caramel. 
Finish: Long. Black tea, raisins, toast, clotted cream. 

Comments: 

Cask OHD-21. Young, doesn't seem to have spent a lot of time in the port pipe. I say this because it's got a savoury edge to it, and, if you add water, that savoury edge is much more obvious. It's not a bad whisky, but I think with more aging it could have been much better.

Verdict:

Not bad.

Allt-a-Bhainne Batch 1

Allt-a-Bhainne Batch 1

That Boutique-y Whisky Company, Master of Malt
Single malt - Speyside
Sunshine yellow 
49.2% ABV
Dram

Nose: Green apples, cotton sheets, cinnamon, sandalwood, brass polish, lemon juice. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, thickens, slippery, slightly astringent. 
Tasting:  Sour. Green apples, lemon juice, malted grains, fresh baked bread, hints of cream. 
Finish: Short. Green apples, lemon juice, brass polish, hints of ginseng. 

Comments: 

Tart, rounded and full flavoured. There's a cereally note underneath the lemon and green apples that's really, really tasty. Excellent independent bottling from the chaps at Master of Malt.

Verdict:

I like this.