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		<title>🇮🇸 Flóki Birchwood finish, Eimverk &#8211; Iceland</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iceland 🇮🇸]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Single Malt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3 YO]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Adventuring whisky from around the World is fantastic. There are so many expressions and Flóki Birchwood finish is no exception. It is not everyday you have an whisky that is finished in Birchwood casks. Birchwood is porous and actually does not make very good casks but birch trees are one of the few native trees [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Adventuring whisky from around the World is fantastic. There are so many expressions and Flóki Birchwood finish is no exception. It is not everyday you have an whisky that is finished in Birchwood casks. Birchwood is porous and actually does not make very good casks but birch trees are one of the few native trees in Iceland so it is all natural to use it in the ways that is possible. This Single Malt from Eimverk distillery is made from Icelandic Barley, has matured 3 years in American Oak ex-Flóki Young Malt barrels and is finished in Birchwood casks for 3 months.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is 47% abv and a Single Barrel Bottling. It was released first time in 2019 but this bottle is from 2021 from Barrel No.: 9 </p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">🅼🆈 🆃<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f170.png" alt="🅰" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />🆂🆃🅸🅽🅶 🅽<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f17e.png" alt="🅾" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />🆃🅴🆂</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">🅝🅞🅢🅔<br>A interesting thick aroma of something earthy, black tea, mossy, birch sap, sweet salt licorice and a soft touch of eucalyptus</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">🅣🅐🅢🅣🅔<br>Creamy/Oily, black tea, birch sap, mint, salt, earthy, soft vanilla, sweet licorice, dark honey</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">🅕🅘🅝🅘🅢🅗<br>Medium long, nutmeg, black tea (English breakfast tea without milk <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> ) and a touch of birch sap</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f17e.png" alt="🅾" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />🆅🅴🆁 <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f170.png" alt="🅰" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />🅻🅻<br>This is an interesting whisk. Do not expect the taste of an Speyside whisky but enjoy the unikness of the different wood taste that you don´t meet everywhere. You don´t really feel it is a young whisky and in my opinion it does not matter here if it is young or old. It has it´s own taste and that is refreshing!</p>
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		<title>🇬🇧 North Star Spirits &#8211; Spica 29 Years Old</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 23:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[1989]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spica Edition number 2 from North Star Spirits. This time 29 years old and a completely different whiskey.When I first put it to my nose I was not impressed and at first sip I was disappointed. It was anything but what I had imagined.Spica 20 years old was sweet and filling, this was was next [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Spica Edition number 2 from North Star Spirits. This time 29 years old and a completely different whiskey.<br>When I first put it to my nose I was not impressed and at first sip I was disappointed. It was anything but what I had imagined.<br>Spica 20 years old was sweet and filling, this was was next to the opposite.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I poured a little more into the glass and out into the kitchen and did the dishes.<br>Just over 20 minutes later I was sitting at the table again, ready to give Spica 29 years another chance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I&#8217;m really glad I did &#8211; it was a whole different experience. Now came more of the raisins, sweetness, plums and the lovely malt notes I had hoped to find.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In other words, this is a dram you have to honor the length of the maturation time by giving it time to wake up.<br>If you have patience you will get a nice dram.<br>You will sometimes be in doubt whether it is a single malt or a blended whiskey you have in the glass.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Open it &#8211; Let it wake up with a little air &#8211; Savor it</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You must leave it at least 15 minutes till it has gotten some air, then it becomes delicious and elegant.<br>It is very different from its 20 year old predecessor which was very sweet in the taste.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">🅵<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f170.png" alt="🅰" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />🅲🆃🆂<br>𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙮: ?<br>𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙧: <a href="https://northstarspirits.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">North Star Spirits</a><br>𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙚: Spica &#8211; Limited Edition No.2<br>𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨: Spica<br>𝙏𝙮𝙥𝙚: Blended<br>𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮: Scotland<br>𝘼𝙜𝙚: 29 Years old<br>𝘼𝙡𝙘 %: 45.5 (Cask Strength)<br>𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙨: European and American Oak<br>𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡-𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙: No<br>𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧: I believe it is<br>𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣: 1989<br>𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣: 2019<br>𝙇𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙: 1000 bottles</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">🅼🆈 🆃<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f170.png" alt="🅰" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />🆂🆃🅸🅽🅶 🅽<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f17e.png" alt="🅾" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />🆃🅴🆂</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f443.png" alt="👃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />: Clear grain to start, pepper, dust, after some time there is sweetness and if you give it air there will be some more raisins and dried fruits</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f444.png" alt="👄" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />: Pepper, a little roasted caramel, raisins, pears, milder than the aroma, a little plum, oak, more malt flavor than grain, vanilla. Again with air comes more sherry filling</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f60b.png" alt="😋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />: medium long, some oak wood, a little bitterness, plums, dried fruits</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮: <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> (3/6) &#8211; Without given time in the glass.<br>I have to give this one two ratings because it changes quite a bit when you give it time in the glass. Give it 20 minuets in the glass<br>𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮: <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> (4/6)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">🅼🆈 🆁<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f170.png" alt="🅰" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />🆃🅸🅽🅶 🆂🆈🆂🆃🅴🅼</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> &#8211; 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮 &#8211; 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧<br><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> &#8211; 𝘼 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮 &#8211; 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙛<br><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> &#8211; 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣&#8217;𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 &#8211; 𝙈𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚<br><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> &#8211; 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙙 &#8211; 𝙄&#8217;𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮<br><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> &#8211; 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣<br><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> &#8211; 𝙇𝙚𝙩&#8217;𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩</p>
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