Reviews of scotch and world whiskies by a history professor, his wife, bird, and three cats.
Reviews of scotch and world whiskies by a history professor, his wife, bird, and three cats.
All tagged Allt-A-Bhainne
Bright and full of youthful spirit this dram is remarkably complex though the flavor profile is subtle and light enough that it is easily overpowered by anything else sitting on your palate.
The flavors were not all bad, but on the whole they just feel a bit washed out and the bitter notes a bit too prevalent. This is so adjacent to being good that it was not a D that could be a C, it was a D that could have been a B if things had just turned out a little bit different.
This Allt-a-Bhainne showed remarkable complexity for just 7 years. Its flavors were distinct and well rounded, it drank incredibly smoothly without a drop of water— to the point that I almost forget each time I tasted it to add a few drops and see what happened. It has lovely layers of rotting vegetation, herbs, algae, and maybe a bit of mold. It is not quite the funk level that Bruichladdich achieves with some Port Charlottes, but it is in the same ballpark and therefore right up my alley.
