Exploring the similarities and differences between these two 12-year-old spirits is sure to be a tasty and educational task
178 The sleeping giant awoken
a freshly built log cabin
esters and vinyl funk
distant smoke drifting over gardens (orange blossom
Cask No. 16.45 Cognac Exploring the similarities and differencesCask No. 16. 45 Womble pie Highland, Southern A rather bonkers initial aroma of dark soils, smoked plasticine, lashings of pickled mackerel and farmy cow sheds. Fire embers, game meats, mutton, smoked goat cheese, horse sweat and mud. Baled hay, hints of silage, smoked earth and BBQ brisket with a good dash of hot sauce. Water brought out even more funky and hefty farmyard aromas. Lots of autumnal sooty notes, smoked green peppers, charred vegetables,