Another report on a good Exclusive Malt by David Stirk. I had the opportunity to taste some of his great bottlings. I promise I’m not a fanboy, since I think most of the standard range (Exclusive Range) are usually not too exciting. The Exclusive Malts, however, is an entirely different story. I have, for later this week, an Exclusive Range review that undermines my previous statement, by the way.

Nose:
The nose starts of with a blast of dark chocolate and that smell lingers. There is also somespicyness, like mole (which goes very well with chocolate). There is also something fresh like anise in there.

Taste:
There is some banana flavour in there. Not specifaclly banana, but artificial banana flavour, like you find in candy or yogurt. Also some chili peppers.

Finish:
The finish is pretty long with again some chocolaty notes and again that spicyness. Quite light, but a very nice and lingering taste that’ll just make you sit back and enjoy some more.

This is a very good dram of a distillery that you don’t encounter all too often. It has a set of very nice flavours and smells that I’ve not come across all too often. I had this at the “Otopoets tasting” a while ago with a lot of club members. Unfortunately it was the last drop out of the bottle…

Tamdhu 26, Creative Whisky Company Exclusive Malts, bottled for WWW, 1984, 50.1%

Nose: 9
Taste: 8
Finish: 9
Overal experience: 9
Price/quality: +1

Total: 36 points