.miltonduff - 6yo - the maltman

From the people of, well, Miltonduff, but cared for and bottled by our friends at the Maltman, comes a refreshingly young and age stated (!) six years old. Let's see what that brings us.

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50% abv, €50, single malt, non-chill filtered, natural colour

Nose: sweet, toffee, fudge, caramel apple, young, grain, hay, maltbarn

Palate: sweet, rather hot from the alcohol, fudgy, the fruity taste that new-make can have sometimes, pears, mangos

Finish: young, hay, fresh malts, rather long
Mark: +++++ 

Conclusion: I added a generous splash of water (as I tend to do sometimes - because well, I am a generous person), to get done with the sharpness of the alcohol. This did exactly what I liked it to do, opening the dram from sharp and young to sweet and fudge-like on the nose. Taste-wise it became much more palatable and rather fruity again and the finish was less raw and upped the mark by quite a bit.

One must really be in the mood to pour oneself a dram of this, and - as the Mrs. put it - breakfast might just be the right time.

More info: Distilled in October 2008, matured for six years in an ex-Bourbon cask #266 until found ready to be bottled in February 2015 into 420 bottles.

Many thanks to Andy "the Maltman" Hart for the sample.