Cask No. 4.230 Young & spritely barbecued salmon and the sweetness

barbecued salmon and the sweetness of honey

10 A fortress of darkness and on to northern Speyside for Cask 71

The colour was an Orcadian sunset and the aroma found us inside a typical Highland ‘Blackhouse’ with the central peat-fired hearth and the soot having turned the rafters of the low thatched roof black

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crème Anglais

Cask No. 4.230 Young & spritely barbecued salmon and the sweetnessCask No. 4. 230 Sweet and salty, smoke and ash Highland, Island The nose delivered a mellifluous flood of honeycomb, toffee and golden syrup sweetness; then deeper notes of charred wood, glazed ribs on a barbeque and salty ships timbers. The palate was rich, deep and pretty big warming and mouth coating with treacle toffee, tarry ropes, smoky bacon crisps, bonfire embers and liquorice paper roll ups. The reduced nose had charred heather stems (moor