It’s been over a year since the Lagerboy has written on this blog. Apparently, taking a 14 month vacation was the best thing to do after the stress of working on the first post. But the Lagermonkey has recovered the will to type (but he never lost the will to drink, as the following post make clear.)
So the Lager-ape sporadically meets up with his whiskey compatriots to tipple as it were. The lads are very generous in the quality of spirits so the tasting lineup was pretty damn interesting. The first round of malts were all Tomintoul distillery bottlings…
Tomintoul-all 40% abv
10 year
Nose:Fruit, caramel
Palate: light, toffee, short finish
12 Year oloroso sherry finish
Nose: orange peel, dried fruit
Palate: fruit, resin, short finish
16 year
nose: orange marmalade, nutty
palate: menthol, cherry coughdrop, short finish
27 year
nose: menthol, clove, cinnamon
palate: woody, austere-dry, harsh, thin
31 year
nose: candied citrus fruit, lemon zest
palate: sweet and long finish
Peated
Nose: butterscotch candies, smoky, freshly mowed lawn
Palate: smoke, vanilla, herb, tangy @ finish, wears alcohol better than others
Mortlach 10 Year-Scotch Malt Whisky Society Cask #76.50 59.80% abv
Nose: pear, baked apple spice
Palate: w/o water-chocolate (hint of cherry)
Palate: w/water-coconut, baked pear, big heat on finish.
More to come—the Lagerman is always thirsty…
