Cadenhead's Balmenach 13yo | 53.2% | Speyside
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Distillery Info
Balmenach Distillery, Scotland founded: 1824 | active
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Meet Deets
Meet #93 | 10/03/18 | Hosted by Jamie
One of our number takes as northside as we go down to Leith for a blind tasting of recent offerings from Cadenhead's, as well as a cheeky supermarket-own-bottling thrown in to test us!
One of our number takes as northside as we go down to Leith for a blind tasting of recent offerings from Cadenhead's, as well as a cheeky supermarket-own-bottling thrown in to test us!
Other bottles sampled:
#216 Ben Bracken Highland | SSWC review 93a
#218 Cads Dailuaine 13yo | SSWC review 93c
#219 Cads Teaninich 11yo | SSWC review 93d
#216 Ben Bracken Highland | SSWC review 93a
#218 Cads Dailuaine 13yo | SSWC review 93c
#219 Cads Teaninich 11yo | SSWC review 93d
Smells
Biscuits. Citrus bathroom cleaner. Chicken korma. Old clothes and moth balls.
Tastes
Mint, menthol. Big floral pink flowers off a succulent tree (Thailand massage parlour?). Licorice. Mega floral. Spiced rum. Hint of zing. Normal. Salty and spicy.
Finishes
Woody spice - short. Pink peppercorns. Fancy syrup.
Comments
Homebase
Tingly
Soft fade. Really great - full of unusual flavours.
Cost
~£55 (70cl)
Rating
78 / 100
AliN/A Ali GN/A Giles6.8 HuwN/A IainN/A James7 JamieN/A JoelN/A LizN/A Martin6.5 Phil7.9 Saskia5.5 Stewart6.1 Avg.6.6