‘De Verloren Whisky’ or ‘the lost whisky’ is based on a story of ships losing casks of whisky in a storm in 1969. The casks washed up on a beach on Terschelling (one of the Dutch islands). The story inspired Joris Dam of Dam Dranken and King Cask to start bottling his own whisky and to make the change from having a liquor shop to being a bottler.
The whisky itself is a blended whisky sourced through a broker in Scotland. It matured there for almost its entire 15 years, except for the last year in which it was laid to rest on Terschelling. So, no mention of it being a scotch/Scottish whisky anywhere. Interestingly, the cask had a ‘Creative Whisky Company’ tag on it when it arrived at King Cask.
Sniff:
Warming with some notes of sherry. The kind that is not just dried fruit and not just dark oaky stuff. There’s a bit of everything. The backdrop of it is a blended whisky with a bit of grain-whisky-sweetness.
Sip:
The palate brings less sweetness, a bit of a woody bitterness, but does feel a little bit thin. A hint of leather, dried plums, almond flour. Some grain and oak.
Swallow:
The finish veers back to what the nose was doing and the slight thin feeling is completely gone. There’s quite some nice sherry notes, and a bit of age to it.
While this whisky might not change your mind about anything, it certainly is worth the € 40 that it is going for if you need a daily drinker that doesn’t underperform in any way.
84/100
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