Eden Mill 2018 Release

Eden Mill 2018 Release

Official bottling
Single malt - Lowlands
Amber gold
46.5% ABV
Dram

Nose: Honey, raisins, lohan fruit, sea salt, nutmeg, cloves, hints of tobacco leaf. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, loosens, mouth coating, tingly. 
Tasting:  Sweet. Honey, raisins, chocolate, lohan fruit, raspberry jam, cloves, tobacco leaf. 
Finish: Medium. Lohan fruit, raisins, cloves, chocolate, cream, tobacco leaf. 

Comments: 

Light and refreshing, lots of fruit notes. Typically early release whisky, flavoured with sherry casks for sweetness and maximum appeal. A decent dram.

Verdict:

I like this.

Eden Mill Bourbon Cask

Eden Mill Bourbon Cask

Official bottling 
Single malt - Lowlands
Pale gold, hints of pink
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Strawberry jam, pear drops, honeydew melons, white grapes, lemon zest, leather, kombucha. 

Mouthfeel: Light body, cool, tingly, loosens. 
Tasting:  Sour sweet. Kombucha, leather, pear drops, wet stones, lemon zest, hints of pencil lead. 
Finish: Short. Malted grains, white pepper, lemon zest, pencil lead. 

Comments: 

Surprisingly fruity, lots of strawberry jam notes. There’s also a feintiness, with some minerally notes, and a tart layer of what I think of as kombucha. It builds to a truncated, abrupt finish.

Verdict:

I like this.

Eden Mill Sherry Cask

Eden Mill Sherry Cask

Official bottling 
Single malt - Lowlands
Chinese tea
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Strawberry jam, new plastic, lemon sweets, orange peel, malted grains, hints of dunnage. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, thickens slightly, slippery, cool. 
Tasting:  Bitter sweet. New plastic, papayas, malted grains, apricots, raisins, dunnage, caramel. 
Finish: Short. Raisins, dunnage, marmalade, lemon sweets. 

Comments: 

Slightly rough, coarse whisky. It’s young, of course, and it could do with a little more age. Nevertheless there’s plenty of pleasant marmalade and warehouse dunnage. Pleasant dram.

Verdict:

I like this.

Eden Mill 2022 Release Art of St Andrews

Eden Mill 2022 Release Art of St Andrews

Official bottling 
Single malt - Lowlands
Golden 

46.5% ABV
Dram

Nose: Peaches, milk chocolate, rhubarb and custard sweets, lemon zest, honey, hints of cinnamon. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, loosens, cool, slippery. 
Tasting:  Sour sweet. Milk chocolate, salt caramel, hay, honey, vanilla, rhubarb and custard sweets, cinnamon. 
Finish: Short. Hay, malted grains, white pepper, honey, cinnamon. 

Comments: 

I think I prefer the sweeter, lighter, slightly fruity Eden Mills. Maybe it’s the slight cognitive dissonance drinking a peated Lowland whisky. But this somehow tastes more appropriate.

Verdict:

I like this.

Eden Mill 2023 Release

Eden Mill 2023 Release

Official bottling 
Single malt - Lowlands
Pale yellow
46.5% ABV
Dram

Nose: Leather, apple juice, orange peel, rhubarb and custard sweets, lemon sweets, smoke. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, loosens, tingly, mouth coating. 
Tasting:  Sour salty. Lemon sweets, smoke, germolene, apple juice, burnt sugar, sourdough bread, hints of salt caramel. 
Finish: Medium. Smoke, peat, germolene, lemon sweets, hints of apple juice. 

Comments: 

Peated Eden Mill. It’s heavier and oilier than I remember, or perhaps they’ve found their preferred style compared to 2019. Decent dram, but there’s an undertone of burnt sugar that detracts a little bit.

Verdict:

I like this.

Eden Mill 2019 Release

Eden Mill 2019 Release

Official bottling 
Single malt - Lowlands
Bright gold
46.5% ABV
Dram

Nose: Damson jam, milk chocolate, hay, honey, vanilla, hints of black pepper.  
Mouthfeel: Medium body, hot, tingly, expands slightly.  
Tasting:  Sweet. Honey, damson jam, milk chocolate, black tea, blueberries, hints of raisins. 
Finish: Short. Black tea, damson jam, raisins, milk chocolate, black pepper. 

Comments: 

A nice little sherried dram, from a newish Lowlands distillery that I’ve not tried until now. It’s not exactly distinctive, but there’s plenty of pleasant jammy notes here, combined with a rather lactic spirit. Gets the job done. 

Verdict:

I like this.