John came by with two Glendalough expressions. One was a 13yr aged in first-fill bourbon casks. Instead of the originally planned 12 years, this whiskey was aged an extra year to honor one of the company shareholders who is an ex-rugby player and wore the number 13 in his playing days. The other expression is finished in Mizunara casks, a Japanese, northern island oak. It is also a 13 year.
We had a little cheese plate and some other whisk(e)y as well.
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* Glendalough 13yr 46% ABV First-fill bourbon casks
-smelled lime candy, sweet caramel, shortbread cookie
-tasted light cherry cookie dough
-trailed quickly! w/almost no oak
-w/water smelled very floral w/caramel cookie dough
-tasted lighter cookie dough and slight bitter oak
Water was not good for this.
-smelled lime candy, sweet caramel, shortbread cookie
-tasted light cherry cookie dough
-trailed quickly! w/almost no oak
-w/water smelled very floral w/caramel cookie dough
-tasted lighter cookie dough and slight bitter oak
Water was not good for this.
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*Glendalough 13yr Mizunara Finished 46% ABV
-smelled lime minit candy w/vanilla and shortbread
-tasted slight cookie dough and trailed slight oak
-w/water smelled very lemony
-tasted citrusy w/oak
I think the other 13yr was sweeter.
-smelled lime minit candy w/vanilla and shortbread
-tasted slight cookie dough and trailed slight oak
-w/water smelled very lemony
-tasted citrusy w/oak
I think the other 13yr was sweeter.
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