Single Malt Lover!

Glen Lossie 27yo 1975 Mission Two (46%, MMCD, 600b.)
Color: Golden brown, not very clear legs.
Nose: Citrus, pear, hint of wood. Beautiful fresh fruit.

Bruichladdich 32yo Legacy Four (47.5%, OB, 820b.)

Color: Yellow.

Nose: Very beautiful fruit nose. Pear, vanilla, malty, a little bit apple.

這是所謂的Old Fashioned On-Line Tasting, 參加的人會先拿到盲飲的樣品, 自行品飲後將品飲紀錄公開發布, 然後比對其他人的紀錄, 在指定的時間大家一塊討論.  Maniacs這次稍稍改良, 參加的八個人中, 共有四對不一樣的樣品, 我們將嘗試去找出跟自己完全一樣的那個組合(人), 預計將在這個週末討論, 並且重複試飲, 看看大家的口感及紀錄的方式.  有點像是測驗, 頗緊張, 因為最近忙, 狀況也不好, 不過蠻好玩的就是了.

Blind #1 – Color: Light yellow.  Legs going down quick, quite thin.

Bunnahabhain 33yo (45.5%, Royal Mile Whiskies, cask #6249, 201 bottles)

Golden, citrus, honey, malty.  Vanilla.  Fresh fruit, Young? Finished quie nice.  Nothing bad, but a little bit simple.  Some leather nose.  Score: 86.

Invergordon 1964/2005 (Adelphi, cask #57637 - ROTATION?)

Eleuthera (46%, Compass Box, K5073)

Yellow, light peat.  48%? Malty.  Mild nut.  Medium body.  15~18yo? Quint nice and enjoyable.  Lot’s flower.  Score:87.  (2 point’s higher than last time.)

Caol Ila 1993/2005 (46%, Wilson & Morgan)
Golden yellow.  Quite nice.  Deep, peaty.  Fruity sweet. Very nice and deep.  A little bit cinnamon, nutty as well.  Salty yet sweet.  Medium finish.  Score: 88.

Clynelish 1972/2005 (49.4%, The Whisky Exchange, 206 bottles)

Golden, bourbon cask, Woody, quite flowerish.  Lot’s citurs, 60%? Malty sweet.  A little bit pine apple.  Light body.  Long finish.  Very nice bourbon cask speysider.(Oops!) However, lack of complexity, not that impressive.  Finished salty.  Score: 88.

Talisker '175th anniversary' (45.8%, OB, bottled 2005)

Golden.  Medium peat level.  Quite oil.  Tropical fruit.  Matured.  40%? Quite nutty and bitter, but in a good way.  Peaty bitter in palate.  Medium finish.  Brora? Quite nice one.  But a little bit lack of touching.  Very balanced.  Score: 88.

Blackadder 'Smoking Islay' (59.7%, Blackadder for Taiwan Single Malt Whisky Tasting Association, cask #BA 2005/202, 233 bottles)

Light yellow.  Peaty.  Matly.  55%? A little bit nutty.  Very peaty in palate.  Warm.  Light body.  Finihshed fruity.  Score: 90. (It’s a sham that I can’t tell this one.)

Rosebank 1990/2005 (46%, Berry Bros & Rudd, casks #1518-1519-1520)

Golden yellow.  Tropical fruit, nutty.  Almond.  Deep sweet.  Hint of flower.  50% 15yo? Medium body.  Long finish.  Nose is perfect. Generally speaking is a very elegant malt.  A little bit salty in mouth. Score:90.

Glengoyne 37yo 1967/2005 (47.6%, OB, sherry butt #975, 246 bottles)

Carsebridge 25yo 1979/2005 (56.4%, Ducan Taylor, cask #32901, 154 bottles)

Brown.  Creaming.  Quite nice sherry influence.  Sweet.  Kind of flower sweet.  Maple syrup.  Cake?  Matured and balanced.  Finished long.  No peat at all.  Score: 91. (Quite a surprise again to find this single grain.)

 

Malt Maniacs Award 是由麥芽狂人俱樂部(Malt Maniacs)所獨立舉辦的單一麥芽競賽, 今年已經進入第三屆, 願意參賽的廠商只要將參賽的酒在截止收件前寄達指定地點就算加入!

比賽由13位散佈世界麥芽狂人以盲飲的方式進行評分, 最後剔除掉過於偏頗的分數後頒獎! 頒獎內容除了依照平均分數頒給獎牌之外, 也針對不同領域及不同表現頒發18種個別獎項.

Inchgower 24yo 1980/2005 (60.4%, Adelphi, cask #14152)

Brown clear.  Sherry, chocolate.  Tropical fruit.  Candy.  Cereal, a little bit salty.  Light peat.  Nice!  25yo?  Very balanced!  Score: 92. 

Blackadder 'Peet Reek' (61.7%, Blackadder for Sun Favourite Taiwan, hogshead BA 10571, 294 bottles, May 2005)

Bruichladdich 'Infinity' (55.5%, OB)

Brown.  Sherry sweet, hint of sherry.  Mint.  Lightly peated? Sea.  60%? Young.  Strong.  Very strong.  Finished strong.  Ouch!  Hint of tropical fruit.   A little bit nutty finish.  Salty.  Very nice and exceptional one.  Score: 95.  (I was quite surprise to know the answer.  I only gave it 88 last time.  But this one gained high score twice during the blind tasting.  Maybe I was too conservative last time. And I didn’t feel that peaty during the blind tasting?)

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Bruichladdich 15yo 2nd edition (46%, OB, Sauternes finish)

Jim always said the 15yo first edition is his favorite OB.  Maybe we should buy half dozen?  The second edition is sautern finish, Serge said it is from Chateau d’Yquem and is 50%, but I am not so sure.  Brown, very deep sweet.  Hint of plum.  Sweet at the end.  Quite Sautern finish.  Score: 84.  One point less then the WIP sample.