Cask No. 53.451 Gin pink wafers and chocolate éclairs

pink wafers and chocolate éclairs with more bitter notes of dark chocolate

dried rosemary and fragrant tobacco suggested excitement lay ahead

After twenty years in an ex-bourbon hogshead

On the reduced nose we identified muscovado in porridge

49 - I hope you like jamming too

Cask No. 53.451 Gin pink wafers and chocolate éclairsA deep, kipper smokiness greeted the Panel at first nosing. This evolved to fresh kiln smoke, liquorice, peat embers in a hearth and notes of black pepper, smoked mussels and fir wood resins, plus a lovely thread of sweet, herbal medicines. Reduction brought more char and treacle thickness, hints of smoked raisins, kelp, wormwood and cedar cigar boxes, all underlaid by a dash of paprika and iodine. The neat palate displayed a wonderfully relaxed and