I think this is a pic of the bottle my sample came from. |
Ownership at the time: probably William Whiteley & Co. Inc.
Region: Highlands (Central)
Age: minimum 12 years old
Age: minimum 12 years old
Bottling year: Probably in the early 1980s
Maturation: Plastic dispensers?
Alcohol by Volume: 43%
Chillfiltered? Unknown
Colorant added? Not much if any
(From a sample purchased from LA Scotch Club)
Chillfiltered? Unknown
Colorant added? Not much if any
(From a sample purchased from LA Scotch Club)
The color is amber. The nose starts with malt and lots of limes. Then out-of-season cherries, a little bit of wood polish, and a subtle moss note. Some lychee candies and fresh grapefruit as well. The whisky hits the palate sweetly in the first moment, but then soap soap soap soap soap soap soap soap soap. Grapefruit soap. Dove liquid soap. Some of the fruits from the nose linger behind. The finish keeps the grapefruits, but sheds all of the soap, at first. In later sips, the soap returns. There are also lemon candies and white gummi bears. It's pretty salty and bitter throughout.
Well, that was an experience. This must be the first time I've had a whisky with a nose that would score in the high-80s and palate that would score in the low-50s. Had I looked at its whiskybase page, I wouldn't have gotten such a surprise, as the community lists it as the 73rd worst whisky of all time (out of nearly 66,000 competitors). The fruity nose does pull it up out of Failure Land, but I cannot recommend this whisky to anyone outside of malt masochists or people who recreationally drink hand soap.
Availability - Why? You really don't want this anyway.
Pricing - ???
Rating - 67