Ah Doug… The man served up actually 5 bottles that night, not just the three below, but the Club was up to the challenge. Pretty sure that not a lot got done by the group the next day, mind you.
Round 1: Macallan Quest
Cost: $103 CDN
Region: Speyside
Fun Facts:
We’ve never met a Macallan we didn’t like…
NSC Comments:
Colour: Mahogany to Gold
Nose: Floral, Chocolate, Fruit, Carmel
Palate: Smooth, Creamy
Finish: Short with no burn, light, some sherry
Beautiful, Sweet at the end, honey aftertaste
Nice finish, not a bite to it.
Drinkability: 7.25,7.0,7.2,7.5,7.5,7.75
Round 2: Lindores Lowland MCDXCIV
Cost: $100 CDN
Region: Lowland
Fun Facts:
Lindores Abbey is the officially recognized site of the first recorded distillation of Scotch whisky, all the way back in 1494, when King James IV commissioned Brother John Cor to make aqua vitae with eight bolls of malt.
NSC Comments:
Colour: Copper to Straw
Nose: Floral
Palate: Spicy, Oily, Powerful, pepper oil
Finish: Long & Spicy
A tar burn, water recommended
Water Required! Makes it.
Drinkability: 7.0,7.1,7.3,6.5,7.5
Bonus Round: Powers Single Port Still Irish Whiskey
Cost: $86 CDN
Region: Ireland
Fun Facts:
A single pot still release of Powers whiskey. It’s matured in a combination of bourbon and oloroso sherry casks, and named after the distillery where it was first made, now sadly closed.
