Bottle - Cask # G1.8, A bag of assorted boiled sweets
Cask No. G1.8, A bag of assorted boiled sweets
G1.8
A bag of assorted boiled sweets
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Cask No. G1.8 Old & dignified

A bag of assorted boiled sweets

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Lots of fruit on the early nose (pear flan, rhubarb, lemon curd, apricot) growing richer in the glass – soon we found marzipan, fudge, toffee, Bakewell tart, butterscotch, vanilla and straw. The palate was just as fruity but also sweet and nippy (some found it fiery) – like a bag of assorted boiled sweets. In reduction, the nose split between citric components and banana toffee – also some dustiness, like rubbing butter into flour. The palate opened and became cleaner and fresher, but evaporation from the tongue left rich joys of tobacco, liquorice and dark chocolate Bounty bars. From Edinburgh’s only grain distillery.

Age 21
Date Distilled December 1990
Cask Type Refill hogshead
Region Lowland
Outturn 211 bottles
ABV 62.9 %