I've actually never tried this "Natural Strength"-series from Blackadder before. The only CS-series from them are the Raw Cask-series, maybe this was a one-off? I could research that, but lets not waste time. I recently had the Cragganmore 12yo OB and found it a bit weakly, so lets have a similar aged one and up the %abv with nearly 20. This could be something new? I know there are a bunch of older OB CS's from Cragganmore, but this is much younger. The color is golden. It smells honey, stewed onions, green apples, floral, vanilla, nutty, banana, creamy. I'd guess this comes from a large sherry cask as it held 599 bottles, but its more of a bourbon-matured character. The taste is sweet, vanilla, leather, green olives, dried herbs, oregano, banana peel, bittersweet, dry gin. Adding water. Now it turns sweeter, more honey, black pepper, leather, wax, vanilla, coconut, very sweet and spirity. The finish is long, drying, peppery, the finish is the highlight of this dram.
It seems Cragganmore can be a bit more than just a light Speysider: 6
Next tasting: Oban Distillery
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