Date distilled: April 1989
The palate was richly honeyed
the Society’s Head of Whisky Creation Euan Campbell identified an exceptional cask from Distillery #53 that had been aged in an ex-Oloroso butt for 27 years and then split contents into two different barrels for the next 4 years – one first-fill ex-Bourbon barrel and the other a first-fill ex-Rye barrel
Something spicy lingered like ginger cake and peppercorn sauce with its joyfully oily texture
Reduction softened everything and brought out golden syrups
Cask No. R11.18 Rum Date distilled: April 1989Cask No. R11. 18 Esterical Jamaica A typical and classy initial aroma that included bicycle inner tube, pencil eraser, heather flowers, dried seaweed, fruity red chilli and pickled onions bobbing in expensive olive oil. Reduction added boiler fumes, natural tar, roof pitch and black olive tapenade. The mouth was straight away big, hefty, tarry and full of lemon juice and seawater. Hints of dark and stormy ginger beer cocktails with lime juice. Water