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Cask 63.104 Banana ice cream smoothie
Fragrant aromas of apple blossom, banana and heather honey combined with ripe pineapple, nougat and sweet bourbon whiskey. On the palate an explosion of fruit and honey collided peaches, pears and plums into apricots, nectarines and bananas against a backdrop of nougat and oily marzipan. With water came delicious pink wafers in vanilla ice cream, milk chocolate and blackcurrant syrup, before lime marmalade-coated star anise and chopped cherries. The banana theme continued alongside thick cream, fudge and orange shortbread before apples, lilies and white tea came together on a stunningly beautiful finish.
We started with a little ray of sunshine; a tropical smoothie packed with mango, pineapple, passion fruit and creamy coconut yoghurt, we might even have added a little ginger and turmeric. Smooth, thick and rich on the palate neat like an Italian custard dessert called Zabaglione made with egg yolks, sugar, cinnamon, grated lemon peel and Marsala wine, served with whipped cream and a biscotti. Water added a walnut whip, black currant coulis, caramel popcorn and clotted cream fudge on the nose. The taste was a sip of banana daquiri: light rum, lime juice, banana liqueur and sugar syrup all in a chilled cocktail glass.
Cask 35.319 Cocktail party
Nosing neat we immediately got onto cocktails with a Crusta consisting of brandy, orange curacao, maraschino liqueur, syrup, lemon juice served in a sugar rimmed glass. On the palate a white Russian with vodka, coffee liqueur and cream, served with plenty of ice. In the finish a refreshing lemon and rosemary sour cocktail. It did not stop there, as with water we found aromas of a mint Moscow Mule to freshen things up before we had sweet finger food of apple raspberry pies, caramel peanut slices, iced lemon shortbread and mini doughnuts. We all just thought “Let’s get this party started!”.