Month: August 2019

Whisky #556: SMWS 93.92 Fruit Pie in a Cleaning Cupboard

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SMWS 93.92 Fruit Pie in a Cleaning Cupboard. 12 year old single cask, cask strength SMWS bottling from Glen Scotia Distillery. Campbeltown, Scotland. ABV: 57.7%. Tasted at Whisky a Day HQ, $195 (bottle).

Colour: Polished gold.

Nose: Hessian sacks, sea salt and that smell of snapping half dead twigs from a tree.

Palate: Salty flavours front the band here, ably supported by backup singers creme brûlée, overcooked toast, dark chocolate and espresso crema.

Finish: Like a salted Werther’s Original caramel candy. I don’t even think Werther’s make a salted caramel candy, but if they did this would be what it tasted like as the last piece melts on your tongue.

Comments: I’ve never tasted a fruit pie in a cleaning cupboard, but if I had I would have expected something sweeter on the palate along with a more pungent ammonia-like hit on the nose. This dram has neither of those things, which is absolutely fine with me.

Whisky #555: Mackmyra 10 Year Old Swedish Single Malt

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Mackmyra 10 Year Old Swedish Single Malt. Valbo, Sweden. ABV: 46.1%. Tasted at Whisky a Day HQ.

My good mate Andy donated this dram and asked me to kill the bottle for him. He’s a huge fan of Mackmyra, in no small part due to his lovely wife Amanda also being from Sweden and a few bottles seem to make their way into his luggage after each trip back to visit the family. Andy & Amanda recently welcomed their first bub into the world, so it is only fitting that I raise a glass to toast their own expanded family!

Colour: Deep gold.

Nose: Pine needles and fresh dew in the morning as you walk through a forest. Time in the glass revealed some richer malt and buttery notes.

Palate: Hay-like herbaceous flavours, a peppery zing and a cool lemon tanginess that coats the mouth.

Finish: Drying, fresh oak and a salt & pepper tingle on that lingers on the front of the palate, but softly.

Comments: Simple, crisp clean lines and an elegant minimalist touch. No, that’s not the description from an IKEA catalogue or a Scandinavian architecture magazine, but it’s an equally apt description of this Mackmyra 10 Year Old. Those Swedes sure know how to craft something special, yet understated.