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Glen Deveron
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Distillery photo with kind permission by Alan Jamieson |
Macduff
distillery
Region:
Speyside
Location: Macduff, Banffshire
Status: Operational. (owned by Bacardi - John Dewar & Sons)
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Glen Deveron
General whisky characteristics: Malty and creamy with toffee
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Glen Deveron,
(OB), 1998, 10y,
40% ABV
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Glass:
Classic Malt
Colour:
Walnut
Nose:
Malt, lightly roasted chestnuts and butterscotch.
Palate:
Initially malty
with some creamy toffee which expands to include some slightly
leafy notes.
Finish: Long
and slightly dry
Overall Impression:
A
good malty whisky with a slightly dry finish. As an afterthought,
I imagine this would work very well with a slice of ginger cake! |
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Macduff
General whisky characteristics: Fresh, outdoors, dark fruits,
sherried |
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Independent
Bottlers
Whisky Doris,
Macduff,
distilled 02.03.1990, bottled 09.10.2009, 19y, 55.7% ABV
sherry hogshead
#1422, one of 187 bottles
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Glass:
Spiegelau
Colour: Teak
Nose:
Old wood,
raisin-flavoured new paint or even wood-stain, marinated plums
and a touch of sweet sherry.
Palate:
Very spirity dark
fruits - this really needs a few drops of water.
With 4 drops of
water in about 2cl: A less penetrating nose now has rich
dark fruits. The palate is much smoother and offers the same
rich dark fruits (raisins, currants & plums) along with equally
rich nuts.
3 Further drops
of water in about 1cl: Make this lighter, but still a
massive sherry-bomb.
Finish:
Extremely long and everlasting with the drops of water added. It
is also pure, rich dark fruits, wood and nuts.
Overall Impression:
A real sherry bomb
with an everlasting finish. Prepare to be blown away! |
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Vom Faß,
Macduff,
27y, 40% ABV
"Vom Faß" as the
name suggests, sells directly from small casks in the shop(s)
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Glass:
Classic Malt
Colour: Rich
honey
Nose:
Oak, fresh outdoors,
hay, malt and very slightly antiseptic
Palate:
Strange, my first
thoughts with this one were of an immediate but short burst of
Yorkshire pudding! This is followed by peppery red wine, hay and
just a suggestion of liquorice root.
Finish:
Quite long and ranging from a malty start to a fruity end.
Overall Impression:
An aromatic whisky,
lots of outdoors or countryside in a pleasant way, although that
Yorkshire pudding took me by surprise. |
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