anCnoc 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 70 cl

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Well if everyone who writes modern tasting notes isn’t out to impress – they are certainly do a great impression of one who is. And beside what person when confronted with it would own up to it. And no one wants to beleive that about themselves, yet they are. Finish: Still sweet with a little oak providing a contrast. This is not a long finish but the fruit carries right through. A well done, but fairly standard malt, nothing to get too excited about, but nothing at all to dislike. No off notes, no harshness, but not complex or deep. Just a good, slightly above average, easy drinking malt with a very subtle smoke to it. And I mean s u b t l e. This is one that will often start an argument - even among Scots - but we are sure that even the good men of Tain will agree with our pronunciation - Glen Mor-un-jee. • READ MORE: The Scotsman’s guide to Scotch whisky pronunciation This exciting farm distillery on Islay is often mispronounced Kil Cho Man, however it is actually pronounced Kil-ho-man . Abhainn Dhearg (Region: Highlands and Islands, Location: Isle of Lewis) Picture: Alan Jamieson

Nose: First whiff is of raspberries and cream. Lemon meringue. Definitely honeyed. Light and floral. Later, I get a bit of peaches: perhaps peach schnapps. A drop of water revives the nose and pulls out lots of green apple. The Gaelic word means ‘the beautiful hollow by the broad bay’ - though this has been disputed with some citing that the name Laphroaig is actually derived from the Norse ‘ breid-vik’, meaning broad bay. Glen Garioch (Region: Highlands and Islands, Location: Oldmeldrum) The distillery sits at the heart of the picturesque town of Oldmeldrum

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Unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise, your use of and membership to the Service are exclusively governed by Dutch law. We shall first try to settle any dispute over a dram of whisky. Disputes that cannot be settled over multiple drams of whisky shall be solely submitted to the court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise. I can’t call it balanced, but I also can’t quite say why. That amorphism is throwing me off, but it has a medium body and a cold smooth feel to it.An Cnoc 12 year old should easily fit into a nice summer evening with friends. It's a light romantic comedy such as (500) Days of Summer, without the complexity though. The 500 days aren't there in An Cnoc's favor. They're there because An Cnoc 12 was too common (not that the movie was...). Here are my tasting notes on this complex dram that Ralfystuff liked so much, he gave it an 89 (really, Ralfy?). Then again, Serge at Whisky Fun was not so kind (84). After the war, with the distillery connected to the national grid, the steam powered engine, which had been used since its founding, was retired in 1947. [4] Palate: Very watery mouthfeel. I get some banana cream, honey, pecan, grass, Frosted Flakes, milk, and apple vinegar. These build up to a crescendo of Indian spices. Think cumin, curry, and mustard. Tropical leaning fruit, malt, caramel, vanilla, butterscotch and a light smokiness blend with some hints of grass, damp earth, red licorice, gummy candy and spice. There’s also an odd note of canned pineapple that comes and goes that throws me off a bit. It’s complicated for sure, but I can’t say I’m wild about it.

He who says least says most. – or as they say in these here parts – “just give me the straight skinny”The Deveron 12 Years “The anCnoc 12-year-old is renowned the world over. Known as a must-have in any whisky drinker’s collection, it’s light and yet complex.”– anCnoc anCnoc 12 Single Malt Tasting Notes Everyone has to agree it has a sherried flavor, but many people would agree it taste like banana, why not a fudge pop, or a bacon cheesburger, or cherried road apples. Without seeing Serge's score last night when I filmed a video review of this whisky, I scored it first an 82, then raised my score to an 84, which happens to be the same as Serge's. You go on to say that you use ‘strawberry’ to identify fruity. Why ? just say fruity, just say sweet. Saying strawberry puts an unrealistic impress in the readers mind that they will taste strawberry, which is only what, as you admit, you THINK it tastes like, However if you say fruity, most tastetd would agree and say – Yea it’s fruity.

This north east distillery is actually pronounced Glen Gee - ry and stems from the Gaelic words Garbh - rough and iochd - howe (a barrow or hill) and takes its pronunciation from the local Doric dialect. Auchentoshan (Region: Lowlands, Location: Clydebank) Picture: TSPL I thought I was being constructive, “worthless” just happens to be the word I thought best expressed my opinion, likewise with my term “hot air”, I guess I could have stated my case more gracefully but it wouldn’t have changed the meaning and would have only have to sugar coat it, which in all honesty isn’t honest.

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I'm not on a tight budget, per se, but I'm very far from being "well healed" either. But I'm a whisky nut. It's my hobby right now, and I embrace the magic of the dram. Over the past five years, I've tasted some really top notch drams like a 30-something Brora and a few glasses of Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch 3. Whiskybase B.V. (“Whiskybase”, “we” or “us”, company details below) offers a whisky enthusiasts online platform that provides its members access to the most comprehensive, transparent and trusted resource of whisky bottles and allows and stimulates its members to contribute information about whisky bottles to the platform (“Service”). HOWEVER, today the whole think has gotten’ out of hand and is so ridiculous that no knows what anyone else is talking about any more. And the original concept of tasting notes has been perverted and lost. It’s not about what ‘you’ think it tastes like, but what it really does taste like. The was the original intend of tasting terms, and one could actually convey to others that actual tastes of things. Nose: Some sharp alcohol bitterness, even at 40%. This said, I will not add water. The palate won't support any more water, IMO. Floral nose with nectarine, green apples, prunes, Queen Anne's lace, living grass, compote. Just a hint of honey, along with model airplane glue (a minus in my book) and some slightly curdled malt. The colour is a bright pale gold. The nose is bright as well, fresh and fruity, with honey, lemon citrus and baskets of barley sugar. Some cocoa as well, and a little briny. Sweet and refreshing, perfect on a hot summers day like today. Water seems to add an almost peaty element to it!