September marks the Society’s 35th birthday so we’ll have some special releases sprinkled into the Outturns over the next few months to round out a great year! Raise a glass for some great drams!
CASK NO. 73.98 LAYERS OF HARMONY
17 years old; 1st fill Oloroso hogshead; 54.1%; Sweet, fruity & mellow
A nuance of sherry gives the nose crème brûlée and apricot Danish, flooding the mouth with honey and lebkuchen. Previously in an ex-bourbon hogshead.
CASK NO. 35.199 SPICY CHERRY CHOCOLATE BROWNIE
8 years old; 1st fill barrel; 59.5%; Sweet & spicy
Sweet citric aromas, with a spicy sweetness on the palate when neat. Water moved us into a carpenter’s workshop eating buttermilk bran rusks.
CASK NO. 7.184 HANDBAGS AND HOOKAHS
12 years old; 1st fill barrel; 61%; Spicy & dry
The nose is all lady’s handbags and shisha pipes. The palate gives tropical fruit salad; with leather and wood spices on the finish.
CASK NO. G4.16 MELLIFLUOUS CONTENTMENT
35 years old; 2nd fill barrique; 49.8%; Juicy, oak & vanilla
The nose is a picnic of desserts in a rose garden. The mellow, mellifluous palate has corn candies, banana toffee, gentle spice and oak. Previously in an ex-bourbon hogshead.
CASK NO. 107.10 A FORTRESS OF DARKNESS
8 years old; refill Oloroso butt; 65.4%; Deep, rich & dried fruits
The heavy portcullis opened to reveal roasted boar and venison broth with rich and spicy fruitcake, dark chocolate and Pedro Ximenez sherry.
CASK NO. 4.233 ASIAN-STYLE BARBECUE
11 years old; refill hogshead; 64.2%; Lightly peated
First aid kit on a tractor, new bicycle inner tube, a bog-wood sculpture, but eventually we all enjoyed Char Siu pork and Thai-spiced tuna.
CASK NO. 10.129 A ROUND TRIP JOURNEY
9 years old; refill barrel; 60.1%; Peated
Spiced potato wedges and grilled Espeto sardines ‘Islay style’ made this an experience neat, and water took us right back to where we started.
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