Dallas Dhu 18yo 43% Master of Malt cask#1497
I've heard rumours that when Dallas Dhu were active, their milestone malt was the 20yo. As most DD's bottled today usually are undiluted cask strengths and older as well, I presume this perhaps can give me some idea of what the well spoken of 20yo OB could be like. This one has a pale colour, it smells very old fashioned, malty, grainy, earth notes, herbs, and a small alcohol sting. The taste is also very old school, small hints of vanilla, very waxy, malty and just a small spiritiness that really gives some extra punch to it all.
Old style, charming malt, do not add water: 7
Dallas Dhu 26yo 48.5% Chieftain's cask#90721
A rum finished Dallas Dhu. I've always found Dallas Dhu to be a whisky often underrated. But then again I've never really enjoyed a rum- or cognac-finished whisky. Spirit gives little from cask unless it's bourbon in my opinion. A very light colour on this one. Seems like a young bourbon-matured, maybe the finishing time has been short? The taste is all on bourbon influence, vanilla, liquorice, aniseed, sunflower oil and some peppery aftertaste.
Want a bourbon-matured Dallas Dhu you could also try this: 4.5
Dallas Dhu 10yo 40% G&M
One from back in the 80's, some E150 added, a dry and a bit clinging nose, it's a bit like ammonium and lime, not pleasant. The taste is sharp, like liquorice with mint and dark chocoloate, a very strange combination but far from disappointing. I've heard many a bad rumour of the malt produced at the Dallas Dhu distillery, but this young one is not far from brilliant.
I guess that some whiskies may be better when bottled at a young age, and if this is the case with Dallas Dhu, there will probably never come any younger bottlings on the market, so I guess you have to dig into the glory days archive to find the good reviews?
A blast from the past: 7
Dallas Dhu 30yo 1962-1993 53.3% Cadenhead's
Another old treasure from Cadenhead's, This time from the long mothballed distillery Dallas Dhu. This one needs some time to open up as well. It doesn't smell too interesting, some weak spirit and sour milk. I do also get some hints of stale mushrooms. The taste is bittersweet, sour grapes, old stilton and mushy tomatoes. With some dillution it gets sweeter, and develops a fatastic minty and spicy aftertaste.
Down like a stick, then up like a rocket: 5.5
Dallas Dhu 24yo 1971-1995 40% CC G&M
This whisky has one of the most anonymous expressions I can remember on the nosing. When it comes to the tasting it's intense and sweet, alcoholic. With a little water appears a somewhat burnt sugary taste and some oak. I don't think Dallas Dhu will resume operating for a while based on this.
I hope the OB's are better : 3
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