ABV: 46 %
Origin: Lowlands
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 3/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and fruity. At first there’s a delicate mix of fresh yellow and green fruits and vanilla with a maltiness attached to it. When it settles the vanilla increases in intensity and the fruits shift and become a mix of juicy yellow pears and a lemon freshness with a light floral note on top. There’s a big spoon of honey as well. This is a nice nose with a balance between the flavours overall. It lacks complexity and does have the characteristics of a small artisan distillery with a hard to describe ”unpolished” maltiness.

Mouth: It starts out with a sweetness surrounding the palate and a slightly astringent center part. The lemon sourness is also found around the edges, but mainly in the back. The vanilla are joined by a dark chocolate, liquorice, ginger and a nice peppery spicyness. The yellow pears are not especially noticable at this point. There’s an oakiness which feels integrated in the whole which makes it very tannic and astringent.

Finish: The lemon starts the transition from the back together with a dark chocolate bitterness. The oakiness is immidiatly taking over with a vanilla rich new oak note. It becomes more and more tannic and astringent over time and the late finish is not pleasant at all. The dark chocolate note comes and goes and almost become a black coffee note at times. The liquorice note is following along as well. This is a good whisky which clearly has the small distillery vibe to it. The oakiness is too aggressive overall which brings it down a little.

Additional information
This whisky was aged in 25 ex-bourbon barrels. It was distilled in 2010 and bottled in 2021. 6250 bottles were released. It has natural colour.

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