Tasting note by your BTC host and whisky specialist Nils van Rijn

More, More, Mannochmore

And we're off, the Blind Tasting competition 2022 has officially started. For the first dram, we have chosen this 22 year old diamond in the rough. The main reason would be that it is not on the radar with most tasters. Though the bigger part of Mannochmore ends up in blends, there are some single cask releases that are certainly worth trying.

We selected this whisky, because we suspected that not many would have guessed Mannochmore, although guessing a Speysider would have been fairly easy due to its character. The hints of coffee and walnuts and oily spirits would have led to the direction of this Mannochmore. That combined with spiciness, apples and berries makes it a dram to fall in love with. Well done those who guessed this distillery correctly!

Knocking at the 90 points bar in our book, this very lovely Gordon & Macphail selection. We would love to see more of these kinds of releases!

Good luck on tomorrow's dram!