Arran
Arran The Bothy 'Quater Cask' Batch 2 55.2%
First Fill Bourbon/ American Oak Quarter Cask Finished for a minimum of 18 months
Tasted: Sept 2016
The nose opens with plenty of sweet vanilla oak and sweet barley. The spirit oozes tropical fruit with apricot, melon and white fruit. Some tighter, grainier oak notes appear along with a hint of digestive biscuits, malt, milky coffee and a touch of salt.
The palate also opens with the toasty, nutty oak along with the tighter oak tannins from the quarter casks. Intense and almost grain whisky-like with dried fruit, barley and salt. Not as herbal and citric as batch 1 but still as impressive. Quite a dry finish with the dried fruit and grainy oak notes lingering and a light citrus and sweet barley after-taste.
A drop of water pushes the oak back a little so more of the barley, straw and apricot fruit comes through. The palate is crisper, saltier and more citric as the oak has almost disappeared, however a touch of toffee is still noticeable along with the tighter tannins. Very salty finish now with a light, but grippy spiced finish.
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