There is much very nice whisky in this world and North Star Spirits has brought another to the market which is simply delicious and at the same time with an expression that shows that young whisky is definitely worth looking for. It is only 5 years old, but is round and soft.
Several may want to wrinkle their noses when they see it is a Blended Malt. I just have to say that if they do not want to throw themselves over it, then it is their decision and I think they are missing out on a nice dram.
It is made from whisky that all come from Campbeltown. We are not told which distilleries are involved and I dare not guess the composition, and it also means less to me when it’s something that tastes great.
It could be really exciting to know where it comes from tough, I will admit that, but we will probably never know.
If we are to guess a little anyway, there are only 3 distilleries in Campbeltown; Springbank, Glen Scotia and Glengyle. Maybe this will make it a little easier – I don’t know.
It could be from just one distillery or all three. Springbank is a robust whisky so I don’t think there is very much of this in the dram. I lean more to the fruity and lighter Glen Scotia, but mostly I think it is from Glengyle. It is young, smoky, soft, round, fruity, toffee sweet and with some salty notes. That matches fine with the Kilkerran’s I have tasted.
No matter what, it’s a lovely dram and considering its age it’s amazingly soft, round and pleasant.
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๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ: ?
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ง: North Star Spirits
๐๐๐ข๐: Campbeltown
๐๐๐ง๐๐๐จ: Cask Series 009
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: Blended Malt
๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ: Scotland
๐ผ๐๐: 5 Years old
๐ผ๐ก๐ %: 49.1
๐พ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ: Refill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead and finished in PX cask
๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐: No
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ง: Yes
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: 2014, April
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: 2019, August
๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐: 416 bottles
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐ ฝ๐ พ๐๐ ด๐
๐: Smoke, butterscotch, sweet, vanilla and some dried fruit
๐: Sweet, toffee, dades, a little salt note, apricots, dried fruits, prunes, oily in the mouth feel
๐: Yummy, long, smoky, sweet, apricot
๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ (5/6)
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐๐๐๐๐ ด๐ ผ
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ค๐ – ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ข
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ – ๐’๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ
๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ
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