Whisky and other wonderful things

Tasted as a mystery malt (NMWL Trondheims MM #6b).

Nose: Pears and tinned peaches. A hint of spice.

Palate: Somewhat disappointing, lacks intensity compared to the nose. Malt and malty sweetness, also red apples. Some spice or possibly a hint of peat smoke appears with a drop of water.

Comments: The nose disappeared almost completely with water added, but the palate becomes more defined. To start with I felt the sting of alchohol in the nose, but suspect this is because this is the first dram of the evening. Most factors indicate that this is 40-43% and of middling age, that is 12-14.

Guessing wildly I’d say it’s a Balvenie, something seemed to point in that direction.

Points: Decent dram, 6 out of 10

Comments after the reveal: Confirms my impression that I preferred the Flora & Fauna Clynelish, RIP. Balvenie was a bit off, obviously, but not embarrasingly so, I’d say, there is a certain likeness.

Tasted as a mystery malt.

Nose: The first word that comes to mind is just “strange”. Sweetness, some spices and wood penetrates without water. With water it opens, and I find new sneakers (that’s a first). After a few minutes in the glass someting vegetational emerges, berry bushes and green leaves.  Etter en liten stund i glasset kommer noe mer vegetalsk fram, bærbusk og grønne blader. It’s very familiar now, but getting the brain to connect to a distillery might not be so easy.

Palate: Eh. Also strange. Tart apples. Chemicals. Wood. Vegetational.

Comments: Smells better than it tastes (after it’s had time to open), but I like it.

Score: 7 out of 10