Whisky review : Tsingtao 17 years old - 40%

Whisky review : Tsingtao 17 years old - 40%

-1st and only time I was able to actually find ''real'' Chinese whisky !
-Bought in a Food Fair in 2011 and was not able to find it ever since.
-Very pricey
-Hardcore packaging
-Only had one glass...the bottle is dying on the shelf....

Colour:  nice yellow gold, pure. I would say no caramel. But then again, if it's not written it's hard to say.

Nose : a bit too spirity, very rough (indicating that it is a very young spirit and perhaps even a grainy whisky, not a single malt, apples, wood. This whisky needs to lay in the glass for a while before it settles down. After ten minutes or so, you get, behind the wood, a touch of medecinal oil. Still very spirity.

Mouth : spirity at first but cools down quick. Woody, Oak, not quite fresh, nutty...some corn, grass and a touch of ether !

Finish: Very short, sweet, nothing to be remembered. 

E for the taste. A very rough and young spirit. On the taste at least...considering it's a 17y matured spirit...it looses even more points ! If I were to guess, I'd say it's not even 3 years old. And then again why water this down to 40% since the it's so vague.
D- for the price. I paid 198RMB (33$) for this spirit. Simply way above a cheap blend.....in terms of price only.
A+ for presentation. The packaging (with magnet in the front) is cool. The frosted bottle is also very original.