 Clan Denny 1992 Port Dundas 21yo  
Port Dundas Distillery - Port Dundas, Glasgow |
Paint a picture...
After noticing the carpet needed re-pinning, you pop to the garage to find the necessary tools. Once there, you poke around in the almost-dark, brushing your hands on blackened, greasy wood as you feel your way towards a suitable instrument.
As you walk back tools in hand, you leave behind the oily garage smell and start lifting the carpet. As you lever it up, you lie down to aid the upheaval and end up entirely underneath, face down in spongy undercarpet, your sweat from the task trapped in the soft flooring cocoon.
Come on now, what are the key flavours?
Smells of cherries, pizza crackers, toffee, body odour (in a nice way, somehow) and dried fish. Tastes of salt, ginger, cream, 'good chemicals', cheese slices. It's tingly and makes your mouth close up on it, then fizzy like popping candy as time passes, staying for a medium length.
Seriously though, any good?
This wasn't my most balanced review, as I had no sensible control (apart from the 50 malts I tried that day!), but this didn't stand out nor disappoint. It was my first Port Dundas and it had a decent flavour to it, shying away from more antagonistic grain features and providing a subtle, sweet experience. However, it seemed to lack depth, but I'd look forward to another Port Dundas sampling, perhaps with another 10 years on the clock.
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Tasted on: 10/08/13
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  Tasted at WhiskyFringe 2013, the solitary Scottish grain.. |
In summary:
Not the best, not the worst. Fundamentally, it was a nice drink, but it wasn't something that will stay with me. Until I've tried more from Port Dundas, I can't say where it sits in this distillery's output, but it was pleasant enough.