-Bought Jan.2014.
-Bright yellow indicating the absence of caramel
-bottled at 43% we like that.
-Nice bottling.
Colour: bright yellow golden. Apple juice style.
Nose: strong acidic spirit notes, mashed apples, acid apple juice, very strong sweet-acidic re-fluxes. So so inviting yet interesting.
Mouth: very thick spicy arrival, lots of barley, soft wood notes, remains very ''hot'' and a tad robust. Turns to acid apples notes as well. Water helps to cool it down, some bitter grain notes, then green apples.
Finish: sticky sweet-acid-apple after taste, creamy wood notes mixed with apples and barley notes. Nothing over the top, yet the finish is better than the mouth feeling for sure.
B for the taste. Arran delivers great products and this one is a slight exception to this. It's good but a bit too robust compare to any of his siblings (also NAS).
A for the price. I paid 45.95$ (LCBO). If memory serves me right, it used to be 39.95 one or two years ago..why the sudden increase ? oh wait the packaging ? That being said, I will not buy again for 2 reasons : (1) it's not available anymore and (2) it was just ''ok''
A+ for presentation. Nice elegant colours yet simple. I must commend Arran for their ''money'' style design. However I must insist that it should not be main aspect of the Whisky : we want what's in the bottle.
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