Arran Single Malt Scotch Bodega Sherry Cask 55.8%, 70 cl

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Secondly, according to Arran Master Distiller James MacTaggart, they wanted to create a new design that would help them clearly distinguish between whisky made at Lochranza Distillery (where Arran whisky is currently produced) and their newly opened Lagg Distillery, dedicated to the creation of peated Arran whisky. The Arran “The Bodega” Sherry Cask single malt whisky is what I’ll be reviewing today. Despite not having a stated age on its label, Arran openly communicates that it contains 7-year-old single malt. I reached out to Andy Bell, and he confirmed that The Bodega is exclusively matured in first-fill Oloroso-sherry-seasoned American oak hogsheads, which was selected over European oak to better complement the house style of Arran whisky. It is presented naturally: without added color, without chill-filtration, and at cask strength (55.8% ABV for this batch). Not bad for it's price but defenetely too young and not well balancied. Defenetely overrated for me. If you consider this one as an entry into sherry cask world it is not the best choise - you will get the wrong impression.

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Sweet and round, with mild foresty peat. Caramelized fruit notes of red apples, peaches, mango. Fresh-baked cherry pie, toffee, and a little bit of custard. Flamed cinnamon, cocoa powder, some of that characteristic Arran ginger, and some fragrant creamy matcha. An autumn walk in the forest, surrounded by dead leaves and punky logs. There’s a tiny bit of a meaty note in the peat, like a distant spicy salami. No partnership, joint venture, agency, or employment relationship is created as a result of your use of the Service. Based on the tasting notes I was looking forward to trying this but unfortunately the sample was a major disappointment. When I first heard about Arran whisky and tried learning about the brand, I was intrigued by the different contradictions that stood out throughout the course of their history. However, when current Managing Director Euan Mitchell came over from Springbank, where he served as its Sales Director, he pushed the company to create a core range of aged-stated releases. Mitchell felt that this move would result in the creation of a constant and recognizable identity that consumers can expect from Arran whisky, an identity that cannot be achieved by their initial preference for experimental finishing.

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Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.Whiskybase B.V. (“Whiskybase”, “we” or “us”, company details below) offers a whisky enthusiasts online platform that provides its members access to the most comprehensive, transparent and trusted resource of whisky bottles and allows and stimulates its members to contribute information about whisky bottles to the platform (“Service”). I quite like this. It's interesting in that it displays some really well executed balanced. Nice work, Arran. Regardless of whether the Service offers the functionality to contribute, you are solely responsible and liable for any content and information that you create, upload, post, publish, link to, duplicate, transmit, record, display or otherwise make available on the Service or to other Members, such as chat messages, text messages, videos, audio, audio recordings, music, pictures, photographs, text and any other information or materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (“Contributions”). All palates are subjective, so your opinion is certainly valid! However, it’s true in many instances that more time in the cask does better integrate Sherry influence and the distillery character, especially if you compare that to younger Sherry-cask whiskies that are done disingenuously. They said the old design had served its purpose, so they wanted to reimagine the bottling design to make it modern and more effective in communicating their brand values, like the importance they place on the soft water they use at the distillery – on the new design, this is shown by the “ripples” on the bottle’s shoulder.