On Friday night Ralfy (www.whiskystuff.blogspot.com) presented the group with a blind sample to taste and discuss. I have to admit that nose was outstanding constantly changing, always developing – fizzy sweets, citrus, old leather, lemon sherbet. The palate, however, did not live up to the ‘hype’ of the nose – a bit too spirity, too young to be an enjoyable drinking. At a guess I said it maybe one of the malts from the Loch Lomond Distillery but I was wrong.
When the malt was revealed it was none other than Glen Breaton-10 year-old Canadian Whisky. Yes the small distillery that has fought off the wraith of the SWA twice only to find that it is again back in the courts. As a malt I was not overly impressed, and at the price (£40, thewhiskyexchange) I would not be buying a bottle BUT as a stand against the short sightness of the SWA I recommend that we all buy a bottle.
For further reading on the SWA may I recommend that you visit http://www.maltmaniacs.org/ and read the comments by Johannes van den Heuvel.
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