It’s one of those rare bottlings with a million sub-labels. This one is from the ‘Playful Proverbs’ series. It’s labeled ‘Do Not Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth’. It’s bottled for the 10th anniversary of Het Whisky Forum, by Whiskydudes.
This last bit, Whiskydudes, apparently is a Dutch group of people bottlings some whiskies. There are five releases now, of which this Glentauchers is one.
Now, I approached this with a bit of apprehension, since I’m generally not a huge fan of Glentauchers. I had also completely missed this bottling, since it’s from Het Whisky Forum and I’ve not visited that website in several years.
Anyway, decent age, bourbon cask, single cask for a group of people who know what’s what. Let’s dive in!
Sniff:
Big and bold on the nose, lots of heavy malty scents. Fresh apple pie, Dutch butter cake and some apple peels.
Sip:
The palate is big too, quite typical for the Glentauchers I know. Lots of barley and quite some oak too. Oak shavings, wholemeal bread and dried apples.
Swallow:
On the finish there’s a lot of warm, leathery funkiness. Quite long, with some vanilla and apple, and some cake batter.
The clunkiness is quite typical for Glentauchers, and while I generally like some weirdness in a dram, Glentauchers just doesn’t seem to work for me, on average. This one is no different.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a fine dram and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it, but it’s not my style of whisky.
86/100
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