Ned again, hosting week 3 in February. Before we start, I want to give a shout out to my dad who is sick and feeling under the weather enough to see the doctor and start a round of antibiotics. The whisky will have to wait for him and with a heavy heart I shoulder the responsibility of drinking his share this week. We continue our Scotch 'tour' with the Speyside entry, The Singleton of Dufftown, 12. Founded in 1896, Dufftown Distillery is in, well, Dufftown, Scotland. Go figure. Here is a link from the Whisky.com site.
From the picture, you can see that the scotch is in a green bottle. For those of you who followed brother Bob's beer blog the past year, you know that if this were a beer, a green bottle from Europe would mean the kiss of death. The bottling of Glenlivet 12 did not do anything to dispel this notion. Again, I enter into my tasting with a little trepidation.
Color: golden
Legs: medium to strong
Nose: maybe a little smoke, a nice creaminess with fruity odors.
Taste: A little more smoke in the taste than in the nose, a nice sweet creaminess as well.
The finish is very pleasant, though not real long
A drop of water does not change the nose much for me, but brings out more of the sweet fruit overtones. Also makes the finish a little more dry, which I do not actually find a real improvement. I think I prefer this without the drop. All in all, a nice taste, but nothing that really excites except the nose. I would drink it over any of the Glenlivets (boy am I beating that horse to death), but I doubt I will seek it out.
Next week is the last week for my hosting duties this month.
A sniff of the GL 12 (hello, anyone home, not...) then a moistening of the tongue with the same to get the taste buds mild attention, then on to tonight's sampling.
ReplyDeleteThe glowing color of a fine pale ale (sniff, sniff my year of beer is over...), and actually an odor faintly akin to the smell of the ocean from afar.
I tend to agree with brother Ned though, there is really nothing special about this one, but then, sometimes you just need something simple yet comfortable. This meets that criteria, and so I would drink this again, especially if I had a bottle and a large group of mild single-malt drinkers to share it with. I'm betting the non-peatters out there might really like this one.
sorry, a bit late here, going to disagree with my brothers, or maybe agree with a bit of different emphasis... after the previous week dalwhinnie I was prepared to be disappointed again, or maybe I just dont understand what a taste map is, in either case... for me.. the Dufftown Singleton is a whisky I can see myself pulling off a shelf when I just want to relax and taste the smoke. It has enough character to remind you it’s a scotch but easy on the tongue. I liked it. Will likely even buy a bottle of it.
ReplyDeleteSo, a very light amber bordering on golden color, definitely the scent of peat but no overpowering alcohol smell. The taste lingers in a pleasant way.
Ok, catching up. 1st sip: a pleasant nose, not too alcoholic, and a sort of black licorice after taste. 2nd sip: bit of a burn, not sure what I am tasting, licorice taste gone. Some burn but not lasting. 3ird sip: a toast like aroma lurking and I feel a taste is still trying to come through. A splash of water: medicinal is the best I can come up with. Ice: best yet but still not much. Drinkable but not gonna something I would reach for first. Light flavor. Will not try adding soda as don’t think it will come through.
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