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Today i was in the mood to try something New- boom this bottling was not the right choice. Heavy modern sherry influence, high abv and i could not get the malt behind the curtains. This is an easy miss for me ...

All in all a nice winter paint. It goes well with the weather today and I'm glad I had 10cl in the sample.

Reached me as a "secret sample gift" as I try to avoid new/fresh/hip distilleries recently I avoided a bottle split within our group... but still got a sample. And boy, was I wrong. For its age, very solid for me in every way. Nose, Mouth (what a punch!), Finish. WELL DONE! (87 from me, wich is outstanding for age and initial price of this whisky). Guess gonna have an eye on following releases.

Nose: leather, herbs, tea biscuits, plum compote Taste: strawberry jam, pepper, wood, leather Finish: Medium long, leather, strawberries

good whisky for its young age... ...but it can't hide its youth. needs a good amount of water, otherwise its way too alcoholic and sharp. swims very good though overpriced nontheless without water: -3 to -5

RRP mid-October 2020: € 77.50 (Source: https://www.whiskysuedholstein.de/blogs/neues-aus-der-welt-des-whiskys/premiere-aus-schottlands-groesster-stadt-das-erste)

It's always impressive what a good barrel can do, and this must definitely have been a good sherry butt. The barrel has left its mark on the malt, but the young age cannot be completely hidden. All in all a very nice malt on the nose, but unfortunately too young for me.

What yummy stuff. Five years, no, no, no I can't believe it. More like a 25 year old whisky. A full fruit bomb, intense, full aromas, cherries, raisins. Candied orange, dark berries. Pleasantly full and intense with a long finish. A very good barrel. I am very impressed. A highlight! The bottle doesn't last long. I drank 20 year old whisky, 25 year old, 30 year old. Open a bottle !!! what a cool stuff.

It is really difficult for me to stay fair here, because I now compare it a bit wacky with "food and glutamate". There are people who are looking for exactly that and who like to eat. But that has always been an issue for me. And although I don't know the process of how to transport these intense / elegant sherry aromas into a bottle in such a short time, I now claim, very cheeky, that this whisky has the simple format "Sherry Beast". The alcohol is intense above all but well integrated and it becomes clear how intense the sherry comes through here. All very elegant and mouth-flattering. On the palate, there are mainly two topics that preoccupy you. The alcohol & sherry. So I would even speak of one-dimensional. Or as I often say, you drive on the sherry one-way street. However, I honestly have to admit that, with a Bentley. But for me personally this is exactly this "modern type" of whisky that I don't prefer. Like the glutamate in food. I would also like to briefly address the PLV and everyone should think consciously now! An outer packaging "bigger" than many others. Inside there is only a 50cl bottle "padded" and the issue price is already doubled 2 days later. Question to the nation: Do / should we get used to this format? ...? In any case, I would like to thank André for the generous rehearsal and send a warm greeting to Schleusingen in the archive under the beautiful castle :)) PS. My honest respect goes out to the manufacturers, because this whisky is looking for its equal and will find many lovers. A unicorn among the 5 year olds. I even say: Milestone "Welcome to the new world of whisky!"

Sophisticated sherry whisky despite its young age

Delicious; acts older than 5 years.

I would be very interested in what the distillery can do. Difficult to rate based on this malt. You can buy good barrels. This bottling shows that. But nothing more. The distillate is so overwhelmed by the heavy barrel. Generally quite good. In the nose I don't like that there is a note of pine needles/mountain pine. In addition, an increasing acetic acid. In terms of taste, it is surprising what the barrel gives off in such a short time. But what - apart from the "color" - justifies the surcharge in the secondary market at the already not very cheap issue price for 50cl remains incomprehensible to me.

Nose . Subtle smoke, oak, grapes Flavor : Dark fruits, subtle oak, sherry Finish: Medium length and fruity

I didn't expect as much as he delivered. I got caught and excited about this bottling. If you want to see my impression in German, you can take a look at me on Youtube. https://youtu.be/Mx4HN5bKrEs I have to take the normal bottlings to Gemühte, it remains interesting.

I liked that very much a sniff whisky A great malt for 5y, the barrel did a good job he needs water barrel fits the spirit perfectly here

with water: the more water you add to get the pepper under control, the more it shows its youthful character, bright fruit and Newmake notes are added Conclusion: a good sherry cask that cannot hide the youthful whisky, nothing remains of the distillery character. Man, the thing with 12 or 15 years of maturity would be a burner. But unfortunately it remains a very young whisky that is covered with sherry.

The 0.5l bottle for just under 80 euros is ambitious for a 5 year old whisky. But worth the price. I wouldn't spend more than that. Tolerates water, I diluted it to 53%.

This was the 1st cask strength from the Glasgow distillery. It even has something of a dronach, really good... Must correct something upwards again... If it is open longer, it becomes rounder..