Month: January 2022

Whisky #592: Aberlour Casg Annamh Single Malt

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Aberlour Casg Annamh Single Malt. Speyside, Scotland. ABV: 48%. Tasted at Whisky a Day HQ, $115 (bottle).

Colour: Golden touch.

Nose: Fresh and creamy. Muted orange and lemon peels with soft notes of freshly baked buttery pastry.

Palate: Raw fresh honeycomb, juicy nectarines

Finish: A long but gentle fade; cinnamon, cloves and honey flavoured boiled lollies.

Comments: According to the label, Casg Annamh means “rare cask” in Gaelic. It then goes on to describe it as been selected from whisky matured in Oloroso sherry casks and two different types of American oak casks. Hardly rare. It would seem the Aberlour marketing department have gone a little off piste with the “rare cask” description and “Small Batch 0001” labelling, perhaps in an attempt to position it as more of a “craft” whisky? Regardless, if you approach this expecting something rare and quite different you’ll be a little disappointed.

It’s a pleasant enough dram, but it doesn’t really hit any great heights. It doesn’t have a huge sherry influence for which many Aberlour whiskies are known, so regular fans may be intrigued to try this to see a slightly different take on the usual house style.

Whisky #591: SMWS 59.59 Spock’s Earwax

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SMWS 59.59 Spock’s Earwax. 10 year old cask strength, single cask bottling from Teaninich distillery. Highlands, Scotland. ABV: 55.2%. Tasted at Whisky a Day HQ, $170 (bottle).

Colour: Electric gold.

Nose: A slight nose prickle; aromas of honey, freshly baked biscuits and pineapple chunks.

Palate: Pleasingly, it tastes nothing like wax (earwax, Spock’s earwax or any other kind). Spicy and somewhat dry mouthfeel, almost chalky. Dried orange slices, mandarins, cracked pepper and lemon zest.

Finish: Spicy; white pepper, Chinese five spice and a salty tang. Medium length.

Comments: It’s a deliciously different prickly citrus adventure.

Whisky #590: Lark Head Distiller’s Release

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Lark Head Distiller’s Release (created exclusively for The Whisky Club). Tasmania, Australia. ABV: 45.6%. Tasted at Whisky a Day HQ, $135 (bottle).

Colour: Slightly dulled copper pipe.

Nose: Blackcurrant Soother’s, treacle and hessian sacks.

Palate: Raisins, worn leather, toasted oak, ginger.

Finish: Moderately oily mouthfeel, short-to-medium length. Melted butter and juicy blueberries. Soft tannins and damp woody notes in the fade.

Comments: The Lark Head Distiller’s Release comprises of whisky matured in 100L ex port and ex Sherry casks, then married together. A very tasty whisky with lots going on, but it’s almost a bit too much happening…like your taste buds have spun the flavour wheel of fortune a little too hard.