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28th November 2019 |
Glengoyne
release the 7th batch of its big
sherried cask strength Teapot Dram which
this year contains the oldest selection of
whiskies to date.
 You
know Christmas is on the way when
Glengoyne unveil the next expression in
their popular limited release Teapot
Dram series, this year we are up to
Glengoyne Teapot Dram Batch No. 007
which they unveiled on Wednesday night
this week via a live online tasting from
Warehouse No.1 at the Glengoyne
distillery.
Fans of the Teapot dram will know that
to date (excluding the first release IMO)
this has been an outstanding series of
expressions of big sherried, cask
strength drams and without beating about
the bush I can say that the Glengoyne
Teapot Dram Batch No. 007 is another
cracking release in the series.
Matured in first fill Oloroso sherry
casks, a combination of first fill
sherry butts and hogshead casks, notably
this years release contains the oldest
selection of whiskies in the vatting
that any Teapot Dram has had to date
with the oldest contributing butt around
14 years old having been filled back in
2005 and the youngest contributing
whisky in Batch 007 being around 8 years
old.
Just like previous releases which came
before it batch 007 is un-chill filtered
and has been bottled at its vatted cask
strength which is 59.9% ABV, if memory
serves me correctly it is the
largest release in the series so far
with 3,993 bottles available which is a
sign of the Teapot Drams popularity and I am
sure this increase will be welcomed by fans of this
big sherried dram
As I am sure those of you who have
already had the pleasure of previous
releases will already know the story behind
the Glengoyne Teapot
Dram came, it was created in
tribute to an old Glengoyne Distillery
tradition of dramming the workers every
day which stood until the 1970s. The
Glengoyne distillery workers would be
given three fingers of whisky, three
times each day. Many distilleries
would only dram the workers with
un-matured new make spirit, but
not Glengoyne. At Glengoyne, the finest
whisky from first fill Oloroso sherry
casks was chosen for the distillery
workers’ drams. The less seasoned stillmen would, to save face, discreetly
pour some of their untouched drams into
a copper teapot which sat on the canteen
windowsill, ready for their older
colleagues.
The Glengoyne Teapot Dram Batch No. 007
will only be available direct from the
distillery shop or via the Glengoyne web
site priced at £120, you will also find the current
Glengoyne whisky range as well as a few
limited releases available from
specialist online whisky retailers such
as
The Whisky Exchange,
Amazon and
Master of Malt
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Glengoyne Teapot Dram Batch 007 Review
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Bottled at 59.9% ABV.
William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose: Mildly spicy, sweet
treacle toffee apple,
burnt raisins, glazed cherries and a
distant touch of marzipan.
Taste:
Deliciously sherry rich, dark
treacle toffee infused with raisins,
sultanas and orange, lovely sweet
Demerara sugars break through the layers
of sherry along with just the faintest
touch of vanilla and honey. Some lovely
late gentle oak spice, black pepper,
cinnamon and a touch of dry ginger add
to the pleasure.
Finish:
The deliciously juicy Oloroso
sherry hangs in there for an age before
before fading leaving some lingering
sweet sugars clinging to the mouth along
with a little touch of cinnamon, some
mildly drying oak spice and that touch
of marzipan picked up on the nose.
Comment:
I have probably mentioned this before
when writing up the Teapot Dram but as I
am feeling sentimental I thought I would
mention it again. The whole story behind
the Teapot dram has always has always
touched on some memories for me as my
own father and my uncle would have spoke
about getting a dram every day when they
worked at Kinclaith distillery which was
situated within Glasgow's Strathclyde
grain distillery back in the 1950's.
They were also drammed daily with brown
whisky, not new make spirit, they
wouldn't drink there daily drams at
work, they would bring their daily drams
home in a bottle (a ginger bottle, you
need to be Scottish to understand that)
which they took to work every day
although I doubt it was of the quality
of the Teapot dram but I do wish my
father had kept some as I would have
loved to have tried a whisky he had a
hand in producing.
Back to Teapot Dram 007,
I have had the pleasure of all 7
batches of the Teapot Dram and for me
this one, I have to say, stands out
above them all to date. There are some
quality blemish free Oloroso sherry
casks at play here and the addition of
some slightly more mature whisky into
the mix has created a stunning big
sherried dram, some very talented
creative blending/vatting has gone into
this.
If you are looking for a big sherried
dram to spoil yourself with over the
Christmas holidays or just want
something special to sip on those cold
winter nights I can highly recommend
this, a stunning big sherried dram!
SMW Score
94/100
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