Last time, we tasted whisky aged in smoked Muscat casks; it was quite an endeavour, but it wasn't bad at all (WF 83). This time, it's from Tokaji. I wonder if they imported one or several casks from Hungary. Did they really do that? Colour: gold. Nose: roasted with a touch ...
I tried to visit last year but they weren’t taking any visitors and I did not want to insist, so I turned tail. Another time. Yes I know I should have called, but they were supposed to be open and I did not want to beg for any special treatments. Now, was this really finished...
Anyway, maybe I’ll try to do something to celebrate WF’s 10 years in proper manners around September, I may have a few ideas, we’ll see. In the mean time, I’d like to thank you for being a reader of my very unlikely musings and impressions, whether you’re a whisky lover, ...
Laphroaig ‘Quarter Cask’ (48%, OB, +/-2016) I have to say I really liked this one last time I formally tried it, but that was in 2007 (WF 87). Colour: pale gold. Nose: yes, surely. It’ much purer than the Lore, better chiselled, fresher, with very nice whiffs of lemongrass...
‘300’ mark on WF. Not 300 points, mind you, but 300 different expressions tasted and assessed. So we’ll have a nice bunch and then declare which one was the official 300th. We’re having them all at the same time so there’s no particular order, it’ll be up to me to decide...
The neck labels are the same, but the main label is a bit different here (big S is above the name Springbank this time, and not below), while the back labels are totally different as there’s just a small one stating that it is ‘Matured in sherry wood’. But once again, we’re...
Strawberry liqueur this time… Wait, maybe with champagne, to make some kind of kir royal al sugarcane? We'll try that… later on. Finish: long but way too sugary. To wash down with Perrier. Comments: I must have been in a jolly good mood back in 2013. That or they used to make...