ABV: 46.7 %
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 round sweetness with honey and vanilla fudge in the center. There’s a mixed berry fruitiness sitting in a thin layer surrounding the sweetness. There’s a ginger note and a hint of nail polish remover on top (which mellows out over time). There’s a lemon sourness which increases slowly over time. A weird rubbery side note floats around and it feels really misplaced. This is a decent nose which feels a bit in disarray and weird.

Mouth: It starts out with a chili spicyness together with an umami/bitterness mix in the back. Up front a fresher berry fruitiness resides. It lacks sweetness though. The bitterness increases and the oak arrives fairly quickly and makes the whole dry and astringent. Hints of vanilla and honey is in there but really doesn’t contribute to the whole. Black liquorice is also found, as well as the same weird rubbery side note as was found on the nose.

Finish: The transition is very dry and oaky from the get-go. The lemon note is static in the back throughout. The astringency makes it hard to savor the rest of the finish, but the vanilla fudge returns as well as the weird rubbery note and the red berries. The late finish is just a dry and astringent, slightly unpleasant oakiness. This is a decent whisky. It feels unlogical and comes through as unbalanced and too oaky.

Additional information
This whisky was aged in ex-bourbon barrels and californian red wine casks. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.

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