Knob Creek Rye 50% 70cl 2014

Knob Creek Rye 50% 70cl 2014Knob Creek Rye 50% 70cl Nose: Sweet bold dry notes of orange and lemon, hints of spiced apple and pears with a little creamy vanilla and figs, some charred sweet oak. Plate: Creamy toffee and toasted almond, fresh baked cookies and cinnamon buns, rich damson and toffee, some dried tobacco leaf, soft honey drizzle over cereal bars, with dark chocolate and soft toasted marshmallow. With a drop of water a softer not of runny toffee and spices develop

They would mark the cask ends with spots of paint to categorise them - and the 'Spot' concept was born

Nose: Balanced with a rich sherry and soft peaty aroma

then a wave of sea side flavours run over us

Distilled at Braeval distillery ( Braes Of Glenlivet ) established in 1973

Glenfarclas 10 is a wonderful introduction to sherried whiskies

with a rich aromatic tone of toasted oak and soft toffee

some ginger root

spices with a hint of soft leather and tobacco leaf

this single malt was one of the first to make use of rum casks in maturation

some dried peach

toffee popcorn and crispy creamy ice-cream shells

ripe apples