Tomintoul 14yo 46% OB
The gentle dram as they call their whisky, I know that many a distillery have claimed such, Tamnavulin and Glengoyne amongst others. Maybe its a response to the fuzz that peated malts have created the last years. The light alternative. Color of white wine, smells grassy, bitter oranges, walnuts and hay. The taste is gentle and grassy, lots of greens, agriculture, wheat grains and earthy. Just like a perfect grain spirit. Unfortunately it doesn't portray itself older than 10yo at most.
A gentle dram, no question about that: 4
Tomintoul 10yo 46% The Whisky Castle
Tomintoul's launched a pretty nice range of OB's a while back. 33yo and 27yo were among those. This bottling is from the 80's or 90's anyway, it was another time back then at Tomintoul. Smells of heather, caramel and onions. The taste is weird to say the least, blueberry soda, clay and desinfect balm (as I imagine it'd taste like). With water it gets even more spirity, but also some floral and spicy notes appears. I'd say this is far from the malt distilled at Tomintoul today, but the Whisky Castle serie isn't bottled anymore, so if you get your hands on some, well, its a rarity!
Old Spice?: 4.5
Tomintoul 16yo 40% OB
Actually I was going to party day, but it was cancelled, so why not rather take a stroll down the Standard OB Lane? Tomintoul is another distillery that has made a gimmic out of being a gentle malt "of unique quality...invitingly smooth and mellow..." and all that jazz. Like Tamnavulin, Glengoyne and so on. The smell on this one is very light, a bit oaky and some fresh summerfruits, oranges, kiwi and such. The taste is very anonymous, some paper, a bit burnt rubber and some off-notes that's hard to describe. A bit mint in the aftertaste saves it from a bottom score.
A big yawn for me: 2
Old Ballantruan NAS 50% OB Tomintoul Dist.
Another funky peated speyside malt, this time from the Tomintoul distillery. At a nice 50% abv. Very much same nose as the Benromach, only a bit more restrained smoke and less lemon. The taste is much sweeter and a bit more punchy. I like the pepper sensation and the aftertaste is long and sweet, with some flowery notes. This one reminds me of some young CS Glenfarclas' actually, I wonder why...
Best of tonight: 7
Tomintoul 12yo 43% OB
My first ever single malt contained in a small plastic bottle, could this give any change in flavour as opposed to the traditional glass? The top almost evaporates when twisted, so i guess it's an old bottle. Decent golden colour, but a horrible semi-smoky and sort of burnt rubber flavour. With some water it doesn't improve much, the smell is horrible and so is the taste. There's no point finding scents here, but there's clearly some grainy and peppery sort of earthy unwashed salad taste.
Scotch and water, hold the scotch: 1.5
Tomintoul 27yo 40% OB
27 years is a strange age for a standard OB, but Tomintoul isn't you're typical distillery, I think. It's golden-brown coloured. The taste is very sweet, bisbuits, cookies, vanilla, rum, marzipan and rubber. First taste is also sweet, apple pie, fruity sorbet and flower sugar. The aftertaste is short and peppery. This is not a bad malt, but after 27 years, I'd expect more.
A pleasant but uninteresting drink: 5
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