Decadent Drinks is a type of bottlers that retains a really excessive tempo. From their July outturn we’ve picked three releases from the mid-range Decadent Drams collection. They’re single malts or teaspooned malts.
We’re beginning with a Speyside single malt made by a well-known and extremely litigious household. Therefore the identify Glenlitigious.
Glenlitigious 12 yo 2012 (50%, Decadent Drinks 2025, second fill sherry hogshead)
Nostril: fruits on the centre. Pears, some marmalade and white nectarines. Then a light trace of sherry spice and natural honey. Properly rounded, additionally the sweetness is saved in test by a refined chalky and metallic edge.
Mouth: enticing once more, providing a pleasant mixture of juicy stone fruits, extra honey, loads of oranges. Peaches for certain. Then it strikes in direction of hazelnuts, white pepper and gentle clove. Hints of toffee, cereals and balanced wooden. It will get a bit leafy in direction of the top, together with a mild bitterness.
End: medium size, nonetheless some coppery notes, together with stewed fruits and spicy notes.
General a vibrant whisky with an ideal stability of grains, fruits and sherry. It is a fashion we’d prefer to see extra usually in official releases from like… say, Glenfarclas for instance. Obtainable from the supply or retailers like Royal Mile Whiskies or The Whisky Change.
Ben Nevis 12 yo 2012 (53%, Decadent Drinks 2025, refill hogshead + contemporary sherry hogshead)
Nostril: begins fairly soiled, with a touch of bitter milk, mushrooms, vase water and metallic instruments. It wants time to cool down. Then moist chalk and uncooked wool come ahead, in addition to pears and candy citrus. Additionally hints of flower nectar, inexperienced leafy notes and a contact of raisin sweetness.
Mouth: fairly sturdy, on lemons and grapefruits, together with oily notes, charred oak and mineral notes. Beer hints with a whiff of crushed aspirin, grassy olive oil and light-weight shoe polish. Then flashes of candy inexperienced fruits, overtaken by salty components and hints of tobacco leaves.
End: pretty lengthy, with extra raisins, hints of ginger and chilly espresso within the very finish.
Quirky whisky, as anticipated. The 2012 classic is a troublesome one in my e-book, typically actually nice however usually additionally a bit uncomfortable. This has a little bit of each. You will get it from Decadent Drinks or Grasp of Malt amongst others. Rating: 86/100
Westport 21 yo 2003 (53%, Decadent Drinks 2025, blended malt, sherrywood, 228 btl.)
Nostril: a barely high-pitched and sourish fashion. Oranges (maybe blood orange), hints of flower petals, white cherries and unripe crimson plum. Refined tobacco, a bit cinnamon and ginger. At all times a little bit of oak polish within the background and a bit honeysuckle too. Fairly seductive.
Mouth: a tad spin-doctored maybe, with a lightweight winey contact. Some vanilla and peach sweet, with cranberry and fruit cake. Nonetheless some acidity to interrupt the sweetness, in addition to this fragrant trace of potpourri. Later additionally almonds, leather-based and tobacco, leaving a drying edge.
End: medium lengthy, with hints of raisins and crimson fruit tea, in addition to a leafy tobacco notice.
Actually good, despite the fact that it has this barely peculiar fruity / winey / aromatic aspect that feels a bit contrived. In a blind tasting I could have guessed some Port affect. Fairly much like the earlier cask in that respect. Now obtainable from Decadent Drinks or companions like The Whisky Change. Rating: 87/100
