Drinking tip: With a cup of joe
Date distilled: April 1996
olive soap and elderflower
The palate had a pile-driver punch of spirity heat (even with water) but after a couple of sips we learned to take it on the chin – nice grassy
damp woolly jumpers on radiators and dried penguin in Shackleton’s hut
Cask No. 123.18 Deep rich & dried fruits Drinking tip: With a cupCask No. 123. 18 Artful and playful Highland, Southern The bright, clean nose led us through groves of soft, sweet citrus (lemon meringue pie, lemon and lime sorbet, pineapple ice lolly) into a glade of flowers, herbs, fresh wood, tobacco, honey and vanilla. Adding water defined the herbs more clearly (mint, menthol, chewing gum); we also got paint, oak and candied ginger. The neat palate combined chalky sweetness with juicy fruits (pineapple,