.flying dutchman - rum

Not whisky this time, but rum. And what's more, a Dutch rum! From the same distillery that brings us the various different whiskies and liquors.

.millstone - 12yo - sherry cask

46% abv, €70, single malt, non-chill filtered, natural colour

Nose: sweet, vanilla, honey, wood, sawdust, pomegranate, cranberries, dried fruit, sultanas, raisins, citrus, limes, spices, kurkuma, cardamom
Palate: sweet, honey, red fruit, berries, cherries, spicy, white pepper, dry, dried fruits, cranberries
Finish: dry, long, sweet, slight sour, walnuts, medium marmalade like bitter, metallic wood - if that made sense
Mark: +++++

.millstone - 100 rye - 8yo

50% abv, €45, single malt, non-chill filtered, natural colour

Nose: sawdust, sweet, paint, spices, nutmeg, cinnamon, menthol, eucalyptus, citrus, oranges, musty, mushrooms, floral, clovers
Palate: sweet, clover honey, spicy, jalapeños, cinnamon, cloves, sage, laurel, floral, clover, heather
Finish: dry, spicy, nutmeg, cloves, sage
Mark: +++++

.millstone - 5yo

40% abv, €45, single malt, non-chill filtered, natural colour

Nose: sweet, cotton-candy, vanilla, light honey, floral, sunflower(seed)s, gentle wood, barley, hay, vegetable oil, fruit, light sour berries, barely ripe white grapes
Palate: medium dry, fat, floral, sunflowers, sunflower-oil, slight wood notes
Finish: medium dry, medium long, liquorice, sweet, floral
Mark: +++/++

.millstone - 1999 - 14yo px

46% abv, €75, single malt, non-chill filtered, natural colour

Nose: sweet, honey, 7-up, a strong Pedro Ximénes sherry presence, hard herbs and spices, sage, rosemary, mint, eucalyptus, nutmeg, ginger, laurel, liquorice, gingerbread
Palate: sweet, honey, Pedro Ximénes sherry, floral, violets, fat mouthfeel, salted butter, spicy, white pepper, ginger
Finish: dry, sweet, spicy, liquorice, ginger, ginger bread, a slight bitter beer
Mark: ++++/+

.millstone - 14yo - 1999 px

46% abv, €65, single malt, non-chill filtered, natural colour

Nose: wet grain, mash, rye?, wet dog, sweet, rubber, leather, mint, sherry, raisins, christmas pudding, dried fruits, nutmeg, nuts, walnuts,
Palate: sharp, pepper, sweet, syrup, liquorice, honey, bitter,
Finish: sweet, medium dry, floral, heather short, a mouth full of gummy bears, iron
Mark: +++/++

Conclusion: rather strange… something is off with this... but: After a while in the glass it gets better. Much better. Loveable stuff, I would buy a bottle if it were priced differently.

More info: tasted during the #MilroysTT2 twitter tasting that was organised by @TheWhiskyWire. My guess was it to be a single grain, specifically Girvan, matured on a good sherry butt.

Distilled on 26/02/1999, matured in ex-Sherry cask #1355 – Bottled on 15/03/2013 into 371 bottles

.zuidam - rye - milroys single cask

46% abv, €50, rye, non-chill filtered, natural colour, single cask

Nose: fresh sawdust, fresh latex paint, herbs, cloves, nutmeg, beeswax, cinnamon sticks, Chinese herbs, citrus, grapefruit,  mint
Palate: sweet, clover-honey, rye, caramel, spices, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, ryebread
Finish: sweet, honey, warming, medium long, lovely
Mark: ++++/+

Conclusion: whooo! I like it. Go buy a bottle..!

More info: tasted during the #MilroysTT2 twitter tasting that was organised by @TheWhiskyWire. My first guess when opening the bottle was; Zuidam. When sipping the first drop, I immediately thought of a rye. My first ever spot-on guess..! My winner of the evening.

Distilled on 30/11/2007, matured in virgin american oak cask #449, bottled on 15/03/2013 into 217 bottles

.millstone - peated

lege 5cl sample

abv: 40%

type: single malt

fles: 70cl, €40,- geproefd uit 5cl sample

filtratie: onbekend

karamel E150a: toegevoegd

neus: licht zoet, drop, turf

smaak: zoet, turf, rook, bitter, blijft plakken op verhemelte, beetje rauw, waterig

afdronk: kort, bitter

score: ++

conclusie: Mwah. Niet vies, ook niet lekker. Een beetje waterig, wat ruw op de tong, voor €40,- zijn er veel mooiere Islay single malts te koop.

.millstone website