WHISKY TASTING NOTES

Whisky is made all over the world, we've carefully selected six world whiskies from a number of producing countries to guide you through the variety of flavour profiles and regional differences.

1. Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Light amber in colour, an aroma of toasted oak leads through to candy-floss sweetness before a long and dry finish with white pepper spice.

ABV

50%

 

COLOUR

Light amber

 

NOSE

Toasted Oak

 

Palate

Candy-floss

 

FINISH

White Pepper Spice

2. Drumshanbo Single Pot Still

Irish Whiskey

Pale straw to the eye with a soft toffee warmness on the nose. Rich rice pudding on the palate before a short finish with lingering caramel and walnut.

Abv

43%

 

Colour

Pale straw

 

Nose

Toffee

 

Palate

Rice Pudding

 

Finish

Caramel & Walnut

3. Cotswolds 2015 Odyssey Barley

English Single Malt Whisky

Brass in colour with spicy cereal opening up the nose, leading Into sweet citrus fruit and a zesty palate before a medium finish with lingering vanilla custard.

Abv

46%

 

Colour

Brass

 

Nose

Spicy Cereal

 

Palate

Citrus Fruit

 

Finish

Vanilla Custard

4. Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt

Japanese Whisky

Pale amber in colour with an enticing aroma of grassy malt on the nose, leading the way into a palate full of ripe peaches and stone fruit. A lingering finish with a hint of peat smoke.

Abv

43%

 

Colour

Pale Amber

 

Nose

Grassy Malt

 

Palate

Ripe Peaches

 

Finish

Peat Smoke

5. The Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask

Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Deep gold to the eye then hints of passionfruit and citrus emerging on the nose, before opening up to apples & mangos on the palate. A medium length finish with vanilla oak.

Abv

43%

 

Colour

Deep Gold

 

Nose

Passionfruit

 

Palate

Apples

 

Finish

Vanilla Oak

6. Laphroaig 10 Year Old

Single Malt Scotch Whisky

A copper hue in the glass, wafts of peat smoke and oak immediately fill the nose before continuing onto the palate with an undertone of salted ice cream. A long and powerful finish with medicinal notes lingering long after the dram is finished.

Abv

4o%

 

Colour

Copper Hue

 

Nose

Peat Smoke

 

Palate

Salted Ice-cream

 

Finish

Medicinal Notes

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