Two Blackadders….A Cunning Plan !
20 Mar 2011 Leave a Comment
in Amrut Tasting Notes Tags: Amrut, Amrut Cask Strength, Amrut Indian Single Malt Whisky, Blackadder Amrut 62%, Blackadder Amrut 62.2%, Blackadder Amrut Single Cask Rum Finish
Just for a change a duo of Blackadders……First up an Islay Cask Finished one…..
Blackadder Amrut Single Cask 62%
A Dark Amber in Colour , the nose opens with the usual Amrut Liquorice , it is nose hair tingling at first but then there is quite a peated tinge inbetween the liquorice , a nice chocolate hint also wafts in along with spices . The palate is lovely and oily , the abv is quite strong on the tongue but doesn’t detract from the taste . Liquorice is the dominating factor , chocolate is also present with a nice spiciness , the finish is long , liquorice , spicy and with what seems like a touch of Bowmore peatiness .
Cask Ref BA 10/2010 , Bottled June 2010 , Bottle No.262 of 288 .Finished for 9 months in Scotland in an Ex-Bowmore Islay Cask .It was with some intrepidation i opened this bottle , the shop i’d bought it from in Austria said it was peated , the bottle had no mention of this but that it had been finished in an ex-Bowmore Cask……. A very nice Amrut which luckily hasn’t been affected by the 9 months in a Bowmore cask .
A Sample of a Blackadder Amrut Single Cask Rum Finish
At 62.2% and finished for 6 months finishing in a Rum cask , this is Orange Marmalade in colour . The nose is really sweet at first , Marzipan / Battenburg Cake , Vanilla , then lots of Honey , What a real mouthful this malt is ! Sweetness (Honey) , Vanilla , Spicy , Liquorice , Malty . The finish is long and sweet , orangey citric , dry and a drop of golden rum . Bottled 2009 , Cask Ref BA5/2009 , 245 Bottles . A really nice single cask , independent bottling ! I could go this ….A lot ! (Thanks to Ashok for the chance to sample this !)
