Ban Xanghai | William’s Whisky Database

ABV: 50 %
Origin: Laos
Type: Rice Whiskey (Lao-Lao)
Bottles in collection: 1
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 1/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and spirity. At first there’s a generic sweetness sitting on top of a mild lemon/metallic note. It’s very ethanol heavy and there’s a cardboard note running through everything. A minty note sort of sits on top of everything else. Small notes of dry soil and oak can be detected as well. This is a bad nose and it mostly smells like raw spirit.

Mouth: It starts out very sweet with a lemon note coming from the back. It’s not especially offensive (at this point) and delivers notes of liquorice and oak. There’s an earthy side to it as well. The cardboard is still in there as well as the sweet minty note. After a few seconds it becomes very sour in the back which brings forwards a very metallic note in the mouth.

Finish: The sweetness and the sour notes stay through the transition and then doubles down. It’s still ethanol heavy and the lemon sourness in the back has now turned into a very sharp metallic note which is very unpleasant. The oakiness and the earthy notes tag along out on the edges. It’s a slightly dry oak. The late finish is just very metallic and unpleasant. This is a bad whisky. It’s too young and poorly made.

Additional information
This is a rice whiskey made in the famous Ban Xanghai Whiskey Village in Laos. There are several producers located in this tourist attraction.

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ABV: 55 %
Origin: Laos
Type: Rice Whiskey (Lao-Lao)
Bottles in collection: 1
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 1/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is harsh and sweet. At first there’s a butterscotch sweetness popping out of the glass with a sharp ethanol note underneath. After a while everything merges together and becomes a slightly funky distillate with an unplacable fruit note within. There’s a metallic note in the back as well. After that, the nose doesn’t change at all. This is a better nose than expected, but it’s still not something which should be nosed or consumed neat.

Mouth: It starts out with a wet cardboard kind of taste with a mild sweetness underneath. With time the whole thing becomes s lot sweeter. There’s a harsh and bitter note in the back and the whole thing tastes a bit chalky and cheap. There’s really nothing to help it along so it’s just ethanol without any interesting side notes.

Finish: It doubles down on everything throughout the transition and it’s just very unpleasant at this point. Luckily everything dies down quite quickly. All that’s left is a chalky note and a dry mouth with what feels like a wood note within the chalk but it’s hard to pinpoint anything of substance. The unpleasantries stay and just won’t go away. This is bad whisky. This is moonshine. It’s not a pleasant drink and it shouldn’t be consumed neat. Or at all.

Additional information
This is a rice whiskey made in the famous Ban Xanghai Whiskey Village in Laos. There are several producers located in this tourist attraction.

If you like my reviews and wish to offer a small donation, please click the ”donate” button below!