Royal Brackla 2011 Cadenhead 11 Year Old

Nose: Opens with solvent, pickling spices, paper mache, moving into butter biscuits, banana smoothies, a little green apple and some pear drops too. There’s a pleasant limeade aroma that starts to appear with more time and air, alongside grape must and creamy white chocolate. The alcohol feels reasonably well balanced, however it’s perhaps a touch too peppery in places, especially at the lower ABV. Palate: Opens with key lime pie, honeycomb, buttery shortbread, caster sugar, as well as freshly picked white grapes, candied ginger and slightly drier oak flavours developing as it sits in the mouth. The mouthfeel is a little thin, it reminds us of a simple sugar syrup, but there’s a decent length finish with waffle cones, walnuts and dark chocolate. Overall it’s quite a sweet palate, although we wouldn’t have guessed fino - perhaps a different type of white wine cask. twowhiskybros.co.uk