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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.
I missed out on this bottle when it came through the Australian Scotch Malt Whisky Society Branch in March 2020 and I don’t think there has been a Distillery 59 offered since! 😳
Thanks for reading Mark. We don’t tend to see too many from Teaninich distillery, SMWS bottlings or official bottlings from the distillery! Delightfully different.