Glen Spey 16yo 2008/2024

Glen Spey 16y 2008/2024

The Single Cask
Single malt - Speyside
Amber gold
58.5% ABV
Dram

Nose: Peaches, nectarines, malted grains, orange peel, white pepper, hints of smoke. With water, malted grains, pear, nectarines. 
Mouthfeel: Heavy body, hot, volatile, mouth coating. 
Tasting:  Bitter sweet. White pepper, smoke, germolene, tobacco leaf, nectarines, white wine, orange peel. With water, coffee, peat, smoke, germolene. 
Finish: Long. Coffee, smoke, nectarines, white wine. 

Comments: 

Cask 801879. Ex-Islay cask, peppery but also orangey, full of stone fruit? And quite sweet. Water brings out more bitterness, with peat, smoke and coffee. It’s a nice long semi-sweet finish too.

Verdict:

I like this.

Auchroisk 14yo 2008/2022 Cigar Malt Edition

Auchroisk 14yo 2008/2022 Cigar Malt Edition

Single Cask Family Series, The Single Cask
Single malt - Speyside 
Amber red
55.5% ABV
Dram

Nose: Honey, molasses, toffee, butterscotch, strawberry jam, hints of sage, hints of camphor. With water, marmalade, butterscotch, honey, raisins. 
Mouthfeel: Heavy body, tingly, oily, mouth coating. 
Tasting:  Sweet sour. Toffee, honey, strawberry jam, marmalade, sage, fresh cut grass, camphor. With water, marmalade, camphor, cooked rice, honey. 
Finish: Medium. Honey, toffee, marmalade, cooked rice. 

Comments: 

Cask 806008B. Oily, sherried dram, it would be perfect with a cigar if I still smoked. There’s some interesting cereal notes too. Still that lingering, earthy camphor, I had to double check that it wasn’t the previous dram.

Verdict:

I like this a lot. 

Ardmore 11yo 2009/2021

Ardmore 11yo 2009/2021

The Single Cask
Single malt - Speyside 
Orange
55.7% ABV
Dram

Nose: Honey, apple juice, heather, germolene, leather, petrichor, hints of wet stones. With water, honey, apple juice, apricot jam, sandalwood. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, hot, tingly, oily. 
Tasting:  Sweet. Apple juice, sandalwood, apricot jam, petrichor, wet stones, autumn leaves, leather. With water, sandalwood, leather, apricot jam, camphor, black tea. 
Finish: Medium. Germolene, malted grains, apricot jam, leather. 

Comments: 

Cask 709249. Ardmore, but with the peat a little stronger. It’s sweet but earthy, with a lot of camphor, but also apricot jam and some sandalwood. A good session dram.

Verdict:

I like this a lot.