At whisky meetings we take tasting notes and a score each of the whisky's the score is in  Monkeys (1) and Chimps (1/2)

 

 

 

22nd November

 

Glenfarclas 15 RRP@RMW £40.50 5.58Monkeys

Tasting Notes

Paper and vannillia, alcohol with a sherry feel but possibly too much, burning fire on the throat, carmel, apricot and orange peal on body of taste. does have a slight iodine flavour 

Ardmore NCF- Peated RRP@RMW £23.50 5.36Monkeys

Tasting Notes

Peaty Achioves followed by burnt almoinds flavour, Citris on wood flavour during body of taste, and smoky chocolate flavours thoughtout. This whisky is not a perticular challanging one and very easy drinking 

Bowmore 15 Darkest RRP@RMW £44.95 5.97 Monkeys

Tasting Notes

Green apples, cought drops, an increably smooth whisky "smoother than water, Apricot and red wine over a fillet steak,  

Laphroaig Quater Cask RRP@RMW £29.50 5.88 Monkeys

Tasting Notes

A very strong whisky with burning peaty and peppery flavours, has slightly salt charcteristics, has a black forrest aftertaste 

Aberlour A'BUNADH Cask strength Batch 37 RRP@RMW 34.95 5.89 MOnkeys

Tasting Notes

Firey Lemon followed by ginger cinnemon. Chrismas pudding and spice flavours thought out with a very good and warming aftertaste  

 

 

8th November 

 

Tullibardine Rum Finish RRP@RMW £33.00 6.02 Monkeys

Tasting NOtes

rum sherry innical taste with maderia and vanillia. a walnut and spicy taste with tones of melted butter. a clean finish of fruityness 

Balvenie Doublewood RRP@RMW £22.50 6.06 Monkeys

Tasting Notes

A peppery taste followed by sweet caramel and green grapes followed by sherry and orange nuttiness, an aftertaste of dried Christmas cake and cinnamon. Overall this is distically average and fall flat and wattery at the end. 

Glencadam 12 Portwood RRP@RMW £36.95 5.15 Monkeys

Tasting Notes

a salty hazelnut taste with a bitter syrup soft fruit flavour, a port overall flavour and chocolate chilli nuts overtone. 

Tomitoul 12 - peaty RRP@RMW £26.95 5.08 Monkeys

Tasting Notes

Bacon BBQ, Heathery oak with burnt sausage, overall tones with Peaty lemon and pepper chilli peppers 

Smoke-head RRP@RMW £28.50 5.83 Monkeys

Tasting Notes

ARRRGH, smoky, smooth and buttery, a bonfire with smoky ham, this has a peaty smoke overtone with charcole honey,

 

 

25th of October

 

Black Grouse RRP@RMW £13.00  Score 5.07 Monkeys

Tasting Notes

walnut, crippling sense of mediocrity, Smoky banana, water with petrol,  

Highland Park 12 RRP@RMW £24.23 Score 5.35 Monkeys

Tasting Notes

alcohol, raisins, Christmas, intense forest, bats smell, little peaty,Californian wildfire,  

Teso Value not sold at RMW but it cost us £9.00 Score 3.01 Monkeys

Tasting Notes

"i dont want to talk about it", lobely and sweet, foul, butterscotch, toffee syrup cream, cheap perfume, shit 

Cragganmore Distillery's edition RRP@RMW 45.00 6.03 Monkeys

Tasting Notes

cloudy rainy day, grapefruit, dry,sunny, cola, pepper & orange overtones, bacon 

Caol lia 12 RRP@RMW £32.29 Score 6.10 monkeys

Tasting notes

Bacon, ashtray, peppy, honey roasted pig, graveyard, oaky 

BUNNAHABHAIN Toiteach RRP@RMW £55.00 Score 6.43 Monkeys

Tasting Notes

smoky, vanilla, caramel & mint, honey, lemon grass, smoky salmon, rump steak

Tasting Notes - October 11th 2011 – Bens and Glens

 

This tasting theme was Bens and Glens, to see if the altitude the whisky is made at makes a
difference.

GLENFARCLAS 10
RRP@RMW £26.50 AVERAGE SCORE 6.07 MONKEYS
Tasting notes
Lemon citrus, peaches, spicy, mustard, BBQ sauce, grapefruit, sweet apples, soap, cheap chocolate
syrup, sweet salty banana

GLEN SCOTIA 12
RRP@RMW £27.95 AVERAGE SCORE 4.63 MONKEYS
Tasting Notes
Salty as fuck on nose, blue cheese, a little bit sickly, good with a nice cigar, peppercorn sauce,
Turkish delight, poison ivy, mushrooms, Parisian tap water, much more appealing colour than the
Glenfarclas.

Monkey shoulder
RRP@RMW £25.95 AVERAGE SCORE 4.83 MONKEYS
Tasting Notes
Arran malt, fruity, vodka, apple juice, Haribo sweets, slight nuttiness towards end, honey, and
distinct aftertaste of manila envelopes

Glencoe Cask strength
RRP@RMW £31.50 AVERAGE SCORE 5.67 MONKEYS
Tasting notes
Feels like a hug, feels like a kick in the balls, tastes like a Thai girl I was with last night. (We are always
very visual with our tasting notes)

Benriach 10 peated
RRP@RMW 28.95 AVERAGE SCORE 5.20MONKEYS
Tasting Notes
Smoky bacon, haggis, wet dog and chicken on nose, chocolate, and a major overpowering of peated
barley during tasting and after taste.

 

tasting notes 8th April

 

 

Springbank 18    5.83Monkeys    RRP@ royal mile whisky £71.95

Tasting notes

No better than the standard

 

Glendronach 18    4.97Monkeys    RRP@ royal mile whisky £52.95

Tasting Notes

more finish than whisky, heavy taste of port ,treacle flavoured flapjacks

 

Tomatin cask strength    6.39Monkeys    RRP@ royal mile whisky £44.95

Tasting notes

water doesn't drown it like other whiskys, Carmel, tropical fruit

 

Bruichladdich 21    6.91 Monkeys RRP@ royal mile whisky £54.95

Tasting Notes

rounded fruits, a bit like Stuart Campbell, a little over finished, good sweetness and smoke, coastal flavour

 

Talisker 25    7.41Monkeys    RRP@ royal mile whisky £152.95

Tasting Notes

Magic of Skye, woo of smoky flavour, sweetness with seaweed ,saltiness in finish ,expanded flavour with water,hard to get into.