Cask No. 157.1 AMERICAN charred meats

charred meats

Date distilled: January 2003Cask: First-fill barrelAge: 18 years

The palate charted a course from sweet and sour (Lemsip

buttered brown toast and some crisp and mouth-watering green acidity

124 - Fun and frolic

Cask No. 157.1 AMERICAN charred meatsWe unwrapped a stick of cinnamon chewing gum and poured root beer into a glass, filling the room with myriad aromas such as liquorice root, nutmeg, acacia, anise, clove, molasses, eucalyptus and, of course, cinnamon. On the neat palate, we sipped a cup of oolong tea with that typical brown sugar sweetness, as well as toasty, roasty and oaky flavours, with a finish of melon jam with vanilla and lime. When we carefully added water, the nose turned into