| |
Home
Thousands of tastings,
all the music,
all the rambligs
and all the fun
(hopefully!)
Whiskyfun.com
Guaranteed ad-free
copyright 2002-2017
|
 |
|
| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
| |
|
| |
| |
September 15, 2017 |
|
  |
Chivas’s Allt-A-Bhainne is becoming a little more common these days, thanks to the independent bottlers, but it’s still not very well known, perhaps thanks to a name that’s just unpronounceable. We’ve had some very good ones in the past… and quite some duds as well I should add. |
|
All-A-Bhainne 22 yo 1993/2015 (50.2%, Liquid Sun, bourbon)  Colour: straw. Nose: harsh and relatively feinty at first nosing, extremely porridge-y, malty, and kind of sour. Changing-room, sour dough, a little soap… What’s better is that it tends to become cleaner, with more vanilla. With water: soap up, not too good. Even when you wait, wait, wait… Mouth (neat): no foul notes this time, rather massive amounts of eaux-de-vie, kirsch, and sweet ale. Some ginger and pepper too. Not the easiest malt ever if you ask me… With water: same-ish. A little bitter caramel? Finish: medium, with bitter almonds, more raw kirsch, and more ale. Bitter oranges. Comments: perhaps rather for cocktails? Yes, Serge speaking. SGP:451 - 72 points. |
|
All-A-Bhainne 16 yo 2000/2017 (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular)  Picture of an earlier bottling. Colour: pale gold. Nose: a bit within the same style, but with many less porridge-y notes, and rather more ripe apples, honey, and yellow flowers, as well as limestone crumbles. Possibly ex-refill sherry, but we haven’t got the data yet, as this one’s brand new. Mouth: really good. Trappist beer, chestnut honey, praline, tarte tatin, and butterscotch. It’s rather simple, but there’s not a throwaway in this wee bunch of flavours. Finish: long, rather maltier. Oranges and Ovaltine, and once again, a little kirsch in the aftertaste. Comments: very good, simple, well composed, and very malty. SGP:551 - 83 points. |
|
All-A-Bhainne 23 yo 1992/2016 (50%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon barrel, 184 bottles)  Colour: straw. Nose: this one’s rather grassier, with more leaves and, well grasses. Plums, gooseberries, white cherries, custards, and whiffs of lilac. All fine. With water: green tea and almond milk. More white cherries as well. Mouth (neat): rather sweet and a little bonbony. Honey bonbons, cassis… Fine. With water: sweet barley, barley eau-de-vie, IPA… You see… Finish: medium, on orchard fruits and more green tea. Comments: fine. It’s not easy to write long lines about a good yet ‘average’ malt whisky such as this one. When I write average I mean middle-of-the road. SGP:551 - 80 points. |
Well, I had also planned a Braes/Braeval session but I think we’ll wait a little longer. |
| Pete McPeat and Jack Washback |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
