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    Single Cask Club - Tasting Notes

    November 2022

    Month 12


    So last month's Glen Keith was a good hit! What a monster of a sherry bomb that was. Given our constant demand and want for more GlenAllachie I have another pretty ripper example of this this month with a single cask, cask strength number.

    Second dram this month is from a new full-time listing from us, Torabhaig which I’m a huge fan of the peat and sweetness balance.  
    Dram 1 - Coopers Choice GlenAllachie Ruby Port

    So here we have a non-age stated GlenAllchie that has had an initial maturation in American oak and then a “finishing” period in Ruby port. I have to say there is a lot of chat around whether re-racking casks and still being called single cask goes on, but in my humble opinion if this is the results they produce, crack on! This opens with bags of Strawberry laces, travel sweets covered in icing sugar along with a soft red current spice in the background. The palate is sweet initially which quickly turns to this juicy summer fruits and soft spice combo, banging. The finish is long and subtle at points with the strawberries coming back over and over. I am an enthusiastic fan of this dram as it is something a bit different and not just GlenAllachie from another glorious sherry cask. A different take, I like that.  

    So, shelf price of this one is £72.50 - Single Cask Club price is £65.25 with the 10% off.  

    Being a member of our Single Cask Club entitles you to 10% off any of the whiskys we send you. Simply click the button above and the discount will be added automatically at checkout.
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    Dram 2 -Torabhaig Allt Gleann

    Relatively newly out having started production is 2017 this peated west coast dram I think is an absolute banger. Being in a 200-year-old listed farmstead they were restricted on still size and shape so to get around this and create the style of whisky the wish to make they ended up with an extremely long 96-hour fermentation and they run the stills very slowly to get a light spirit. They start with a heavily peated malted barley that is at 77ppm of peat and once fermented and distilled this comes out at 17ppm of peat. This still gives you bags of peat smoke but also always the sweet undertones to really shine through. 

    From first- fill bourbon and refill whisky barrels this is a great marriage of peat smoke and vanilla. 

    The nose is subtle smoke from a damp beach bonfire with bags of saltiness coming through too, on the palate it is softer the smoke with a welcome spice to bring balance to the palate, it gives an oiliness of salted nuts and a ruggedness of autumnal hill heather. The finish is sweeter with gentle vanilla with apples and pears running into this soft smokey saline wash. 

    £52.50 normally – Single Cask Club discount - £47.25  
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