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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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November 30, 2018 |
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We’re seeing even more Strathmill out there these days, as we actually do with almost all second or third-tier distillery names. First, let’s have a young Strathmill that should let the distillate shine… |
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Strathmill 9 yo (59%, James Eadie, recharred hogshead, cask #806273, 258 bottles, 2018) 
These recharred hoggies usually impart bigger vanilla notes. Colour: white wine. Nose: really raw and spirity at first nosing, extremely grassy, and wouldn’t change much over time. I guess water’s needed. With water: gets even grassier. A touch of mud, porridge, and yeah, cut grass. Mouth (neat): fairer, fruitier, very very (and I mean very) eau-de-vie de barley. Plum spirit, limejuice, cider apple, vanilla, orange squash, more eau-de-vie, tutti-frutti style. With water: water works well, we have some nicer apple brandy with drops of limoncello and always a fair share of grass. Lemon sweets. Less vanilla than I had expected. Finish: medium, burns a bit, still very tutti-frutti eau-de-vie. Williams pear in the aftertaste. Comments: rather pleasant, this young raw eau-de-vie de barley, but indeed it’s not quite Bowmore 1966.
SGP:551 - 78 points. |
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Strathmill 25 yo 1993/2018 (49.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, hogshead, 216 bottles) 
Colour: straw. Nose: this very grassy style again, but the years have worked their magic and made this raw baby rounder and subtler, while the oak’s added notes of coconut balls, banana sweets, and perhaps wee whiffs of rose petals. Very nice touches of newly sawn fresh oak in the back. With water: impeccable, with more fresh marzipan this time, fir liqueur, Japanese red bean paste (anko)… Mouth (neat): really good! It’s almost as if some mad soul had blended Chartreuse with limoncello and crème de menthe. Sure you could try that at home. Add a little honey and natural vanilla essence for good measure. With water: more a fresh fruit salad. Pears, apples, bananas, peaches… Very nice, I would say. Finish: medium, rather more on oranges, which always works. Comments: not an earth-shattering malt whisky, but I’m not sure any Strathmill is or was. Very good, very fruity, very easy.
SGP:651 - 85 points. |
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Strathmill 26 yo 1992/2018 (44.7%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon barrel, 198 bottles)
Colour: straw. Nose: same-ish, just even fruitier, lush, fresh… Acacia honey, various preserved fruits (certainly plums), drops of green tea, custard, coconut water, pink bananas… Mouth: well you could believe this is some Irish single malt if you’re not paying attention. Jell-O and marshmallow at first, then the same very fruity things that we had found in the lovely nose. Fruit salad, light honeys, poached peaches, wine gums, a touch of grapefruit peel that would add a pleasant wee bitterness. Finish: medium, very fresh and fruity, a tad more on citrus this time. Same notes of peels in the aftertaste, which works extremely well. Comments: not very complicated, but rather adorable. Watch your intakes.
SGP:651 - 87 points. |
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