Banff 26yo 1979-2006 56.1% Duncan Taylor cask#2913 btl.146/220
On vacation in the rainy town of Bergen, Norway, I decided to try some rarities. Smells of honey notes, vanilla, sawdust, dried peppers. The taste is very strong, strong peppery mustard, very dark, reminds me somewhat of a sherried Littlemill, kind of spirity so to speak. Hmm.. doesn't make much sense to me, let's add some water. The odors are getting gentler, the taste now becomes sweeter and extremely acidic. I've had some banffs that really impressed me lately, but this one is a poor spirit. The aftertaste is fortunately a small saving grace, peppery and very longlasting.
Poor banff: 3
Banff 28yo 1976-2005 40% Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail
As well as the Sheep and the Pig, we tried a range of rare G&M CC-bottlings from Terroir Wines tonight. This smells of vanilla, linen and sand, dirt, just a bit heavy, opens up after a while. The taste is also strong, applecore and a half peppery aftertaste. It comes from a refill sherry cask, maybe that's why it lacks the sweetness that I usually find in malt from Banff.
Not my cup of tea, but still pleasant: 4.5
Banff 26yo 1980-2006 56.1% Duncan Taylor Old & Rare
I've always liked the sort of sweet peppery taste of the sadly demolished Banff Distillery. Will the nice notes disappear behind the strong alcohol level in this one? It has a weird smell of garlic, dried sage, grilled artichokes and smoked swiss cheese. There's a burning peppery sweet taste with a long aftertaste of honey and lemon. To this I will not recommend water as I think such a remarkably rich flavour isn't enhanced by being watered down.
A dangerous malt, as it just gets better and better by every sip: 9
Banff 23yo 1974-1997 40% CC G&M
Banff is one of the really hard-to-get-a-hold-off-nowadays malts. And therefore it's prices increases at a skyrocking speed. This one smells of peppermints and ammonia, chlorine? Not much to cheer for. But the taste is actually quite charming with some notes of cactus, salt and apple nectar, one to have on the pier? Unfortunately it's a bit too dry on the finish to be worth the amount of hard earned cash it goes for these days.
Summery malt: 7
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