From the independent bottler Hunter Laing a Mortlach 11 year old to mark the Twentieth anniversary of The Old Malt Series in 2018.
I can understand why they chose Mortlach because they make some interesting whisky, but I think I expected a little more for an anniversary than this 11 year old.
Don’t get me wrong, it is a nice whisky but I am not blown away with this one. I have had other Mortlach with more taste.
The nose has more to offer than the taste in my opinion and the better experience comes by adding water. This gives it a little more depth and fullness, especially in the scent. It’s a nice bottle to have to show the diversity of Mortlach.
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๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ: Mortlach
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ง: Hunter Laing & Co
๐๐๐ข๐: 20th Anniversary
๐๐๐ง๐๐๐จ: The Old Malt Cask 50
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: Single Malt
๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ: Scotland – Speyside
๐ผ๐๐: 11 Years old
๐ผ๐ก๐ %: 50
๐พ๐๐จ๐ : Refill Hogshead
๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐๐: Single Cask Bottling (HL 17088)
๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐: No
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ง: Yes
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: 2007 June
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: 2018 August
๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐: 463 bottles
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐ ฝ๐ พ๐๐ ด๐
๐: Alcohol at first (it is 50% ๐ ) citrus, floral, malty, fresh grass, vanilla, oak in the background
๐: Nice oilyness, ginger, light pepper, oak, a little vanilla, heathery
๐: Short, peppery, oaky,
I opens up with some water and give a better oily mouth feel and it give more oak and old leather in the nose. It can take the water.
๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ (3/6) without water
๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ (4/6) with water
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 ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ’๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ – ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ข ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ – ๐’๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ
๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ
๐ฅ – ๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ