Ailsa Bay Sweet Smoke Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 70 cl

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On the palate, this best Lowland single malt whiskey offers lightness and elegance. The sweetness is loaded with brown sugar and a juicy taste with honey and butterscotch notes. Regardless of whether the Service offers the functionality to contribute, you are solely responsible and liable for any content and information that you create, upload, post, publish, link to, duplicate, transmit, record, display or otherwise make available on the Service or to other Members, such as chat messages, text messages, videos, audio, audio recordings, music, pictures, photographs, text and any other information or materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (“Contributions”). Unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise, your use of and membership to the Service are exclusively governed by Dutch law. We shall first try to settle any dispute over a dram of whisky. Disputes that cannot be settled over multiple drams of whisky shall be solely submitted to the court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise. The Kingsbarn Spirit Drink offers a floral and fruity taste on the palate, especially when added with water. Finish

Best English – Cotswolds Founder’s Choice: a year and a bit after its first release and Cotswolds has already risen to the top of the increasingly big English whisky heap. The Founder’s Reserve is an interesting whisky, showcasing the distillery’s STR casks – shaved, toasted and recharred wine casks, a type much-loved by the late Jim Swan, distilling consultant extraordinaire and creator of the Cotswolds style – a punchy type of cask that can overpower whisky when not managed correctly. As the award shows, despite the distillery’s relative youth, Cotswolds know how to make good whisky. Notes: Interesting stuff. It's both young and woody, and sweet and spicy, all at the same time. Not quite my preferred style, but it's an enjoyable dram. I did expect more peat influence from the 22 ppm - measured in the finished whisky, not the malted barley, remember. I'd put this Ailsa Bay on par with Talisker as far as peaty-ness goes, and Talisker is "only" 25 ppm on the malted barley, so probably around 10 ppm in the finished whisky. But phenols are a funny thing, and this isn't really an exact science - it's very much subjective when it comes to tasting and smelling. This Ailsa Bay is certainly a sweet whisky, possibly a little too sweet, at least for my tastes. It does hide it's strength well, at not-far-below 50% ABV and obviously a relatively young age, there's only a little touch of heat behind the spices on the palate. I can see this working well for a newcomer to peated whisky, or a whisky novice, provided they have a sweet tooth! This is a Lowland’s delicate and balanced whiskey that comes with notes of sweetness. Glenkinchie is one of the best Lowland single malt scotches, a well-known Lemon Malt. The scotch is released by Diageo’s flagship in their Classic melt series. The most readily available scotch is Glenkinchie, which originated from Glenkinchie distillery in East Lothian. NoseIt has quite a floral aroma with a fruity scent. The orange peel and cardamom notes offer a fantastic aroma. Palate It is also smokier. For smoke level they’ve used 22 PPPM (phenol parts per million) instead of 21 PPPM. The whisky has been matured for first 6-9 months in former Hudson Baby Bourbon barrels (by Tuthilltown Spirits) which range in size from 25-100 liters. After that they age the whisky in first-fill and refill American oak and virgin oak for several years. One of the things I love about Ailsa Bay is how it delivers a perfect example of how regionality in Scotch whisky has eroded. It is rarely, if ever, relevant nowadays as this is a peated Lowland Scotch. That’s not the typical ‘Lowland style’, but it works and is a beautiful whisky too. More on that soon.

Ailsa Bay contains 21 PPM, the precise measurement of the phenol content in parts per million, which is assessed prior to bottling and is also the only Scotch whisky to undergo ‘Micro Maturation’. The distilleries new make spirit is first filled into Hudson Bay Bourbon Casks that are between 25-100 litres in size for six to nine months to mature. They are then transferred into virgin, first fill and refill American oak casks for several years. The process the first of its kind within the Scotch whisky industry. Our Tasting Notes The product is the first ever single malt to use data points to adapt and control the liquid. This creates the perfect balance between smoky and sweet, is described by the producers, William Grant & Sons as being: Bladnoch Vinaya is a new range of the best Lowland scotch malt whiskeys of Lowland distillery of Bladnoch. The name of the whiskey is derived from a Sanskrit word that means grateful and respect. The distillery has seen a revamp in terms of production and equipment, known as Queen of Lowland.We may sell, license, transfer, assign or in any other way dispose of the Service (including Members) to any third party without any notification to you, e.g. (but without limitation) in connection with any reorganization, restructuring, merger or sale, or other transfer of assets. The whisky itself is superb; sweeter and peatier than the original Ailsa Bay release, but incredibly well balanced. This is not a peated single malt whisky that slaps you around the face like a Laphroaig or an Ardbeg, but it has a sweet, reassuring oomph to it. Glencairn The Glencairn Whisky Glass is a revolutionary whisky glass that really lets you savor the taste and complexity of fine whisky. The glass is great to use for any of your ‘wee nippy sweeties’ whether it be Single Malt Whiskies, Irish Whiskies, or even single barrel bourbons. With the tapered mouth, you are able to really smell all of the nuances the whisky has to offer. Any malt advocate will love this glass! Champagne, Brandy, Wine… each has its own glass. Yet whisky, the worlds most complex spirit can be found served in anything from hiball tumblers to Paris goblets. It’s a bit like pouring your vintage champagne into a pint tumbler or your XO brandy into a shot glass! Whisky is a drink to be savoured. Time spent enjoying the flavours on the nose are equally important as those on the palate. Raymond Davidson decided it was about time someone designed a proper whisky glass… The perfect glass for whisky was created and left to mature for some twenty years at the bottom of a filing cabinet. After adequate maturation, his sons Paul and Scott decided to take his design to the people who know best…… This has been since spirit ran from its stills in 2007, although more and more people seem to be talking about it and indeed drinking it if the conversations I have with people at my GreatDrams whisky tastings are anything to go by.

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