Cask No. 53.451 Gin cut grass and coastal flowers

cut grass and coastal flowers

After twenty years in an ex-bourbon hogshead

jelly babies and a honeysuckle sweetness on the nose while to taste

Fresh and bursting with ripe green apples

Tasting note: A lovely nose brimmed with soft green and yellow fruits initially

Cask No. 53.451 Gin cut grass and coastal flowersA deep, kipper smokiness greeted the Panel at first nosing. This evolved to fresh kiln smoke, liquorice, peat embers in a hearth and notes of black pepper, smoked mussels and fir wood resins, plus a lovely thread of sweet, herbal medicines. Reduction brought more char and treacle thickness, hints of smoked raisins, kelp, wormwood and cedar cigar boxes, all underlaid by a dash of paprika and iodine. The neat palate displayed a wonderfully relaxed and