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BenRiach

   

10yo (Chivas, pale blue label)

Age: 10 yo

Strength: 40%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes: None

Status: Emptied

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Curiositas

Age: 10 yo

Strength: 40%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes:

N: Quite strong creosote and ash/bonfire. Moss too I think

P: Very smoky and quite sweet, and then a little bitterness and becoming quite dry. Feels quite thin

F: Medium length and quite dry but very ashy and phenolic. Another trace of bitterness - hard to tell if tghis could be caramel because it's buried under lots of phenols.

Comment: Not at all bad, but as a peaty dram I prefer something not quite as dry as this - tghe dryness gives it a slightly harsh aspect to me. A little water may help that - I'll try that next time.

[My wife took a sniff and said "Ugghh - sweaty socks and rank old fishermen"]

Status: Emptied 25.08.2011

Opened 31.01.2011

 

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12 yo

Age: 12 yo

Strength: 40%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes:

N: Fruity - that's it really. Some vanilla too

P: Smooth and sweet. Vanilla cream. Unremarkable but pleasant and has grown on me over the last few days

F: Slight oak, but the fruit returns with cream poured over. Nice finish - the best part of it in fact

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Status: Emptied