New Release

NEW RELEASE
Black Bull Special Reserve Batch 2 50%
Tasting Notes:
Colour: Pale Gold
Nose: Ground almonds, soft ripe peach, vanilla and green tea, full but complex.
Palate: Rich, creamy and malty, a little more spicy than the nose suggests, clovees and cardamon, quite a little sweetie.
Finish: Develops into more fruitcake notes, just a touch of dry oak, but not astringent at all. Long and complex disolving into wondeful honeyed notes.
Comment: I would defy anyone who refuses to drink a blended whisky (if such a person exists) to try this and not change his opinion. There are many less complex, less subtle, harder to drink malts around than this blend. In fact it is the most un-blend like blend that you could find!

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Guess the Whisky?
Can you guess from the tasting notes which distillery this whisky is from?

Tasting Notes
Nose: Fruity and smoky nose, with hints of redcurrant, manuka honey, pepper and nutmeg, with soft coastal notes and old ropes.
Taste: A mix of tarry treacle and a fruit melange. It builds with notes of strawberry yoghurt, golden syrup and malt, with a backdrop of very soft smoke.
Finish: Fruity and spiced finish. Good length.

New Release

NEW RELEASE: Duncan Taylor Smokin’ Blended Scotch Whisky 40%

Whisky as it used to be. Smokin’ Scotch whisky perfectly balances robust peat smoke flavours and smooth notes of toffee and vanilla. Paying homage to the legendary blends of yesteryear, renowned for their rich flavor and uncompromising character, Smokin’ is a full bodied experience to be savored.

Colour: Amber
Nose: Initial punch of peat smoke, citrus spice and zesty lemon peel, moving on to caramelised sugar, toasted oak and clotted cream. Vanilla and sandalwood to finish
Taste: Smokey with fresh cream, butter biscuits and toffee. Hint of tobacco and leather
Finish: Clean, dry and malty
Comment: Churchill would have approved

Fantastic Review

Our Rare Auld Dalmore 18yo scores a fantastic 94/100 from reddit.com, “I’ve loved this dram from the minute I’ve opened it” click on the link to read the full review:

Review 66: Dalmore 18 Duncan Taylor (Cask D311)
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Dram of the Day

Dram of the Day

Linkwood Dimensions 1996 15yo 46%
Tasting Notes:
Colour: Gold
Nose: Cinnamon flat coke, hint of ginseng – oatmeal, honeycomb and melted butter.
Taste: Chocolate, hayloaft, lemon meringue pie. Touch of lime, Pears star anise – and orange peel.
Finish: Apple touch of cloves and a little white chocolate.
Comment: A battle of flavors that comes together brilliantly.

Available to buy at: http://www.singlemaltsdirect.com/linkwood-15-year-old-1996-dimensions.html

Guess the whisky?

Guess the Whisky?
Can you guess from the tasting notes which distillery this whisky is from?
Tasting Notes:
Colour: Straw
Nose: Mixed spices, asian pears, beeswax, nutmeg
Taste: Creamy, soft trace of golden syrup, citrus bursts
Finish: Lingering effects of upside down pineapple cake
Comment: A dessert in a glass!

Guess the whisky?

Guess the whisky?
The Duncan Taylor tasting panel got together this afternoon, can you guess from the tasting notes which distillery this whisky is from?
Tasting Notes:
Colour: Pale Straw
Nose: Aniseed, Liquorice, Orange Zest, Grassy and Sweet
Taste: Spicy, mouth coating, buttery, lime juice, herbal
Finish: Oily but smoothes out, with traces of chocolate
Comment: A cocktail of flavours!

Editors Choice in Whisky Magazine Issue 109

Black Bull 40yo 41.6% Batch 3 – WINNER of Whisky Magazine’s Editors Choice Issue 109, March 2013!!

Martine’s Tasting Notes:

Nose: Grassy, floral and biscuity.  meadow-sweet flowers, dry hay.  Oat biscuits.  Enticing and light.  Opens on citrus notes.  Lemon posset.  Stays floral all the way.

Palate: Very smooth.  Beeswax, rich honey, custard, candied lemon.  Rich, complex and luscious.

Finish: Lingering, drying on ginger dust.

Comments: A classic old Speysider? Mature and lively at the same time.  Really a perfect achievement.

Score: 8.9

Rob’s Tasting Notes:

Nose: Instantly spice laden, fragrant jasmine rice, green tea, caramel wafers, cardamom seeds before you crush them.  A hint of white chocolate as well.

Palate: Honey sweetness, silky, a fruity note of ripe mango and peaches.  There is a nice oak grip.

Finish: The oak grips with a gentle spice layer at the end.

Comments: Nice stuff, well-balanced and intriguing.

Score: 8.5

Dram of the Day!

Dram of the Day!
Dimensions Mortlach 1998 14yo 46%
Tasting Notes:
Colour: Pale Gold
Nose: Cantaloupe melon, shortbread, coffee beans and a touch of butterscotch
Taste: Creamy and tangy, mixed herbs, grassy, touch of salt and spice
Finish: Long and fruity – very clean
Comment: A brilliantly refreshing dram!

Rum of the Day!

Rum of the Day!
Barbados Rum Mount Gay 2000 12yo 53.7% Cask 15

Tasting Notes:
Colour: Gold
Nose: Fruity and nutty, dried apricots, banana, coconut, hazelnut, vanilla, milk chocolate, marzipan
Taste: Fresh apricot, cream, spice, cappuccino
Finish: Caramelised sugar, grain, medium

Settlers had been putting stills to use as early as 1667 on the Mount Gay Plantation. Lt. William Gay bought the St. Lucy estate in 1663 and in 1703 regular distillation began on the site. This expression of Mount Gay Rum is a pot still distillation of local molasses – giving a heavier rum with more flavour – which has then been aged in oak barrels.