.north british - 27yo - 1988 - the grainman

We seem to have received a not yet released sample of the new line from Meadowside Blending. Besides their blended whiskies and their exclusive single malts via the Maltman, they have now released a series of single grains.

50.1% abv, €100
single grain, non-chill filtered, natural colour

Nose: sweet, caramelized brown sugar, ryebread, citrus, lemon zest, sweet tangerines

Palate: sweet, cereals, ryebread, spicy, white pepper, cloves, a hint of cinnamon

Finish: long, sweet, rye bread, citrus, lemon zest, a hint of wood, liquorice, a touch of bitter
Mark: +++++ 

Conclusion: Very nice, the touch of bitter is a bit of an off-note to me, though.

More info: Distilled in October 1988, finished in an ex-Pedro Ximénez Sherry cask #8 for eight months and bottled in March 2016 into 282 bottles.

.port dundas - 1991 - 24yo - the grainman

55.1% abv, €100

single grain, non-chill filtered, natural colour

Nose: glue-ey for quite some time, then sweet, citrus, sweet blood oranges, dried fruits, fat raisins, cranberries, figs, dates, sweet, thick syrup, tobacco leaves, milk chocolate

Palate: sweet, spicy, hot jalapeños, dried fruit, figs, dates, banana chips, citrus, lemon skin, lime juice, milk chocolate

Finish: long, sweet, creamy honey, nuts, hazelnuts, milk chocolate, Nutella basically, a hint of tobacco
Mark: ++++/+

Conclusion: Well, that's nice... If I would have been a little earlier with making my note, I might have had a time to go find and purchase a bottle. My bad, looking forward to other expressions of the Grainman though, there is more where this came from...

More info: distilled in March 1991 finished for four months in an ex-Oloroso Sherry cask #7, bottled into 282 bottles in January 2016.