Well, I didn't quite get all of the evil spirits exorcised with my previous review.
I was told to expect something different with this one, so I did - but I never thought it'll have me off from the Invergordon distillery by the Cromarty Firth to the Caribbean with a snap of my fingers.
Invergordon 1993 G5.3 (20.05.1993/xx.10.2011) 18yo 'Extraordinary Taste Intensity' 65,6%, 246 bottles, New toasted oak hogshead, The Scotch malt Whisky Society
Colour is dark amber
Nose:
Rhum, right?? This is huge on what I connect with the slightly 'dirty' and heavier Rhum Agricole style. A thick sugary edge, wood sap, solvety/paint thinner notes. This has Jack Sparrow written all over it and thoughts are immediately off to the island of Tortuga. Pineapple, caramel, coconut, spices (cinnamon) and dark chocolate.
Taste:
I'd normally pour something like this over coke and ice. This is huge on butter caramels, vanilla pods, custard, raspberries and white chocolate, tobacco, oranges, toffee and burnt toast.
This is some of the best grain whisky I've tried - no doubt thanks to the new toasted oak cask!
Not all (grains)spirits are evil and needs to be exorcised!
Thanks to GNJ for the sample!
86/100!
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Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
INVERGORDON 1965 - DUNCAN TAYLOR
I've tasted a few grain whiskies on here before, but this is the first Invergordon grain I'll be reviewing.
Invergordon is a large industrial complex located north of Inverness and in business sense maybe a strange place for a large grain distillery as most of its product will go into blends and that's usually done in/near the Edinburgh or Glasgow area.
40 million liters of grain spirit is produced each year at Invergordon - quite a bit!
Let's try this grain whisky distilled in the same year as The Beatles and The Temptations were big hits!
Invergordon 1965 40yo (xx.12.1965/xx.10.2006) 50,3%, ex-bourbon cask#15514, 238 bottles, Duncan Taylor Rare Auld
Colour is light amber
Nose:
Coconut - as is often very evident in these old grains - tropical fruits, mango, peach, even raspberries, almonds (marzipan)
Taste:
Cake creme (custard), a little caramel, mildly spicy, burnt bbq sauce, vanilla and ginger. A relative short finish for such an old whisky, but grains have a tendency to lack in that department.
Still, a pretty good old grain, I think - 86/100!
Invergordon is a large industrial complex located north of Inverness and in business sense maybe a strange place for a large grain distillery as most of its product will go into blends and that's usually done in/near the Edinburgh or Glasgow area.
40 million liters of grain spirit is produced each year at Invergordon - quite a bit!
Let's try this grain whisky distilled in the same year as The Beatles and The Temptations were big hits!
Invergordon 1965 40yo (xx.12.1965/xx.10.2006) 50,3%, ex-bourbon cask#15514, 238 bottles, Duncan Taylor Rare Auld
Colour is light amber
Nose:
Coconut - as is often very evident in these old grains - tropical fruits, mango, peach, even raspberries, almonds (marzipan)
Taste:
Cake creme (custard), a little caramel, mildly spicy, burnt bbq sauce, vanilla and ginger. A relative short finish for such an old whisky, but grains have a tendency to lack in that department.
Still, a pretty good old grain, I think - 86/100!
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