ABV: 46.1 %
Origin: Sweden
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 2/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and sour. At first there’s a lemon sour note surrounding a malty, sweet center part. There’s an oakiness somewhere in there and it’s a freshly cut oak note. As it settles in the glass everything becomes vanilla and toffee sweet with a green fruitiness, something close to gooseberries or maybe hard, green pears, maybe fresh flowers. The senses really don’t seem to merge and it feels very divided and it doesn’t add up. There’s a slight menthol note floating around on top. This is a decent nose which lacks balance. The oakiness is too intrusive as well.

Mouth: It starts out with very sour outside layer with lemon zest, a very harsh oakiness and liquorice root. It’s astringent and it takes a while before the maltiness arrives in the center. It’s not as sweet as on the nose but there are still vanilla and toffee to be found. It’s really not a pleasant experience at this point. The floral and fruity notes are pushed back and merges with the lemon notes in the back. It’s quite spicy and it feels like it’s all coming from the oakiness.

Finish: The finish is at first spirity and harsh and then the spicyness increases to do some cover-up work. It’s still zesty in the back with the bitter note now being attached to the oakiness. Everything soon have to give way to the oakiness and the late finish is like chewing on a piece of oak. There are some side notes floating around but it’s all about that oak. This is not the greatest whisky. It’s harsh, over-oaked and unbalanced throughout the experience.

Additional information
This whisky is a 2021 seasonal release. It’s aged in ex-Bourbon (30 %), Oloroso sherry seasoned american oak casks (24 %), swedish oak casks (8 %) and ex-birch sap wine casks (20 %). There are also casks used which just are named ”spicy casks” (18 %).

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