Tormore 12yo 43% OB
A french speaking label, either this is abv-adjusted for the french market or it's an older standard version. I'll put my money on the older version as the Tormore aren't a very prominent whisky in france. It smells fresh, caramel, honey, cinnamon and red apples. The taste is very sweet, grapes, plums, sweets, a bit minty and floral. It's first of all a fresh and clean whisky, but the aftertaste is a bit off. Some burnt notes, leaves me with a bitter taste. All in all a good malt though.
An everyday malt for lightweight connoisseurs: 5.5
Tormore 12yo 1990-2002 65.9% Blackadder Raw Cask cask#1964
A Tormore above 65%, just when I thought I'd seen it all... Tormore is a nice distillery, no doubt, but can it's light speyside flavours handle this strenght? The nose is special to say the least, magic mushrooms and paint thinner, a trip for sure! The taste is extremely dry and oaky, but with a very strong aftertaste of applecore and grain. What I dislike about the raw Cask serie of Blackadder is that it almost always contain a big part of cask sediments. Now, with water it becomes a bit salty and peppery. Very nice actually. An easy, strong and charming whisky.
Not too bad, but I wish they'd given it more time in the cask: 6.5
Tormore 10yo 40% OB
An 80's bottling, 2 years younger than today's standard bottling. It gets misty when poured, almost like wheat beer. First it's pretty flowery, with some burnt sugar. The taste is mild and round, camphorcandy, caramel liqueur, candyfloss, summer breeze and freshly fried pancakes.
A nice summermalt: 7
torsdag 10. juni 2010
søndag 6. juni 2010
2 Glentauchers tasted between 1.4.2008-28.5.2011
Glentauchers 11yo 1985-1996 43% Signatory for Thurso & District Round Table
An IB bottling for a private company from a distillery rarely bottled as single malt. Intense bourbon on the nose, a bit grassy and spirity. Very sweet, lots of honey mustard, and some grapefruit. These notes of honey mustard are really appetizing, something to have before dinner? The aftertaste is a bit burning, but not too much. It's a nicely balanced malt, just lacks a bit complexity. The honey mustard palate alone gives this an honourable score in my book.
A flavoursome youngster, one to start with: 6.5
Glentauchers 19yo 1979-1998 40% Gordon & MacPhail
Another little rarity from G&M tonight. Very spirity and pungent odors, reminds me of strong potato spirit. Perhaps a reason why it isn't bottled that much as a single? It's has also a very strong taste, once again aqua vitae scandinavian style, oatmeal, fish scales, oil stain and flushing fluid.
Horrible stuff: 2
An IB bottling for a private company from a distillery rarely bottled as single malt. Intense bourbon on the nose, a bit grassy and spirity. Very sweet, lots of honey mustard, and some grapefruit. These notes of honey mustard are really appetizing, something to have before dinner? The aftertaste is a bit burning, but not too much. It's a nicely balanced malt, just lacks a bit complexity. The honey mustard palate alone gives this an honourable score in my book.
A flavoursome youngster, one to start with: 6.5
Glentauchers 19yo 1979-1998 40% Gordon & MacPhail
Another little rarity from G&M tonight. Very spirity and pungent odors, reminds me of strong potato spirit. Perhaps a reason why it isn't bottled that much as a single? It's has also a very strong taste, once again aqua vitae scandinavian style, oatmeal, fish scales, oil stain and flushing fluid.
Horrible stuff: 2
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