Cask No. 72.119 Light & delicate gugelhupf (yeasted marble cake) and

gugelhupf (yeasted marble cake) and ‘munching on hyacinths’

Notes of twiglets and marmite smothered toast greeted the Panel at first nosing

sherry soaked sultanas and now a warming sweet smoke

haggis crisps and burning garam masala in the background

a whisky lover named Pip Hills was trekking from Edinburgh to Speyside and back in his vintage Lagonda hunting for the best single casks to enjoy with his whisky-loving friends

Cask No. 72.119 Light & delicate gugelhupf (yeasted marble cake) andWe began with salted pretzels from the winter market, dipped in caramel sauce and sprinkled with freeze dried wild strawberries, before honeyed oats and early grey tea emerged. On the palate we found the pretzels atop a glass of thick vanilla milkshake, stirred with a stick of salted liquorice and a dash of chocolate bitters. Some meringue was crumbled over for texture. Introducing water offered gooseberries, cut grass, blancmange and a wet limestone