Tasting Panel Notes

About Sweet rain from confectionary clouds: Consider that while this distillery was built in 1896 and an official bottling only came about 20 or so years ago. Those sneaky blenders were keeping this malt all for themselves! Thankfully, members get to experience this glorious ‘dram from the Buckie Road’ in various maturations. Here, it’s classic 1st fill ex-bourbon with orchard fruits, vanilla and coconut. 

Tasting Panel Note: Fluffy clouds of marshmallows released a torrent of custard cream biscuits, bananas flambéed in bourbon, and coconut and vanilla ice cream. Then bitter citrus peel gave a tang to the palate among the soft fruit of pears, guava and stewed apples finished with nutmeg, biscuits and candyfloss cumulonimbus . A few drops of rainwater accentuated vanilla ice cream, now studded with chocolate chips and melting slowly beside quince jelly, sugared pineapple and a scattering of autumn leaves. Orchard fruits continued on the palate with the return of lemon zing and oak shavings strewn over pineapple yoghurt.

USA allocation: 60 bottles