sherry bombs and other sweet malts

[Ihasadram]

I have tried some "sherry bombs" that don't seem particularly sweet, while others, like Tobermory 15 and Bunnahabhain 18 are very sweet. I'd like suggestions for other sweet malts, such as sweet sherry bombs or port finished malts that are either unseated or smoky. What are the sweetest malts you have encountered?

[Big Mac]

Have you tried the new Glenlivet Nadurra Oloroso which has both sweetness and sherry or even sweeter the standard Glenlivet Nadurra 16 year old may have the sweetness you are looking for.

[opelfruit]

That's because with most sherry bombs the sherry influence is so high it often masks the distillery character, or certainly can do. The type of sherry cask that is used can affect the level of sweetness; oloroso is a dry sherry so whisky matured in this can be dry unless the spirit has a fair bit of sweetness of its own (such as Glenlivet as mention above). Anything that's got Pedro ximenez (px) sherry in it will be sweeter as it's very sweet and intense sherry.

Glendronach 12yo may be a good one to go for as it contains a mix of px and oloroso casks and it's not too old so will hold some sweetness from the new make. More age means more wood contact, which means more tannins and more bitterness (generally).



The Nadurra oloroso mentioned above its fairly good but I found it a bit too much and needed water to calm it down. Adding water to it does bring out some more sweetness, and it's NAS (young) which limits wood and leaves sweetness in there. So again I'll +1 this.
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"Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whisky is barely enough."

[opelfruit]

...In terms of sweetness, many people.confuse sherry bombs with sweetness. You'll find that the sweeter malts tend to be younger and lighter bourbon matured whiskies. They tend to be fruity and pastry shop sweet, things like Glencadam 10yo, younger Balblairs, or Balvenie 12yo first fill single barrel.

Also, anything finished in a sweet cask like rum or desert wine (Sauternes etc) is going to be more sweet;

Glendronach Sauternes finish
Balvenie 14 Caribbean cask
Benriach rum cask finishes


English Whisky Co chapter 13 is pretty sweet as it's young and matured in some red Italian desert wine casks. It's also really good.

Glenlivet Founders Reserve is one of the sweetest malts I've had recently as it's young and fruity, very easy drinking....and sweet. Also a snip if you see it at around £24.


I actually find sherry cask whisky to be one of the least sweet styles.
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"Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whisky is barely enough."

[sorren]

Opel pretty much covered it... .. For sweetness your better going for something from bourbon barrels or a good positive mix of bourbon and sherry, the px cask whisky a can be very sweet, lovely if you like this... A few more suggestions are..
Glenmorangie Nestor d or.. (Wine cask)
Balvenie 15 single barrel ( if you can find one ) ( bourbon )
Auchentoshan threewood ( mix of px, oloroso and bourbon )
Some of the Edradour wine finishes..
Auchentoshan Bordeaux cask ( wine)