78.63 Seriously big flavours (Malt of the Month)

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It’s always a treat seeing sherried whisky assigned by our panel to the Spicy & Dry flavour profile…why not Deep, Rich & Dried Fruits? You just have to read the notes and have a taste to find out! Cooked meat spices and that popular note of tobacco in a leather pouch are rife across the palate. It’s also worth considering that this is not just one of the drier sherries around (oloroso), but also from a 2nd fill cask which previously matured a Society whisky from Distillery 125…and it’s been quite some time since we’ve seen a 125. 42 bottles landed in Australia and we’re offering it up as Malt of the Month for just $189. On sale on April 4th — don’t miss it!

We found on the neat nose apple, flavoured tobacco in a leather pouch and bramble liqueur poured over rum and raisin ice cream. On the palate we grabbed a handful of Bombay spice mix before we bit into a grilled, spiced lamb kebab. After the addition of water, we prepared crispy salt and pepper-shredded beef with oyster sauce, sesame oil and red wine vinegar. To taste, hazelnut chocolate spread on heavily burnt toast and dark bitter chocolate with sour cherries! Following six years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky into a second fill oloroso hogshead which previously matured whisky from Society distillery 125.