Take a tasting tour through Speyside with this trio of exceptional malts
On the nose neat this felt like a traditional English ploughman’s lunch consisting of nutty golden mature cheese wedges
Cut grass and hay mixed with toffee apples in a hessian sack as cinnamon dusted scones arrived for cream tea and a glass of port
Spellbinding shortbread
32 Knickerbockers at a wedding should play very well together – the former with an elegant fruitiness and the latter with richly malty character
Cask No. 6.69 Gin Take a tasting tour throughThe Panel felt this one was a curious mix of many features. Initial nosing suggested pencil erasers dipped in honey, polished shoe leather, white chocolate mice, golden sultanas, Turkish delight in a cigar box and damp tobacco leaf. With water it was still a rather broad jamboree of styles and aromas: lots of cornflour, dry roasted peanuts, camphor, rapeseed oil, light vanilla, coal scuttles and old oak sea chests. The palate opened with roast coffee