Quick Fire Whisky Tasting Notes

Glenfiddich Grand Couronne 26 Year Old

Single Malt Scotch Whisky

43.8% ABV

Nose: Apple tarte tatin, poached pears, orange peel, blackberries, Cognac steeped sultanas and dates, honey buttered granary toast, danish pastries, cortado coffee, demerara sugar, baked banana chips, mixed spice, sugared almonds, verbena leaves, toasted oak and a tease of something mentholy fresh.

Palate: Treacle sponge pudding, orange peel, blackberries, tea soaked dates, Cognac steeped sultanas, Dorset apple cake, almond croissants, crème brûlée, cortado coffee, toasted walnuts, baked banana chips, honey, cinnamon sticks, ground ginger, menthol and oodles of oak.

Finish: A long, lush, opulent oak led finish, which closes with an enticing encore of spiced sour apples.

Summary: All in all, this Cognac finished offering is another abundant and affluently alluring Grand series release from Glenfiddich. Given the versatility and vibrancy of the distillery’s spirit - even when it’s been matured for the best part of three decades, it’s always a genuine thrill to experience the finishing results and influences from a selection of different cask types, which so far have also included Caribbean rum (our favourite to date) and French Cuvée wine casks.

Quick Fire Whisky Tasting Notes

Method and Madness Mulberry Wood Finish

Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey

46% ABV

Nose: Toffee apples, soft ripe conference pears, orange peel, Luxardo maraschino cherries, bourbon steeped prunes, summer berries, candy floss, cream soda, digestive biscuits, toasted pine nuts, polished oak, sawdust, wood spice, ground ginger and a tease of soy sauce.

Palate: Poached pears dusted with a pinch of cayenne pepper, pink lady apples, blood orange, summer berries, M&S morello cherry pie, digestive biscuits, Fry's chocolate cream, ground ginger, cinnamon, anise, white pepper and wave upon wave of wood spice.

Finish: A reassuringly rounded long finish, that keeps the palate alive with its sassy spiced self.

Summary: Another absolute belter from Method and Madness. It’s not the most complex whiskey to date from the experimental brand based at the Midleton distillery, but it’s no less majestic than any of their previous bottlings. I can’t wait to see what magic they apply to the method and madness of their next release!

Hinch Distillery Craft & Casks Tweet Tasting

More Irish whiskey fuelled Tweet Tasting dramfotainment you say? Well allow us as ever to very gladly oblige!

Continuing our teeming throng of industry leading Twitter trending Tweet Tastings (the original series of virtual tastings) we’re delighted to announce that on May 12th, we’re teaming up again with our friends at the County Down – Northern Ireland based Hinch Distillery, to pour and explore our way through their dramspankingly new Craft & Casks series.

Hinch Distillery’s Craft & Casks, is a new collaboration with two Ulster based breweries; Whitewater Brewery in Co Down and Kinnegar Brewery in Co Donegal, and on the night we’ll be sharing, sipping and savouring their new trio of blended whiskeys, which have been finished in Imperial Stout, Irish Red Rye and Rye Export Stout barrels.

Full details to follow, but if you fancy sampling a trio of tasty Irish craft beer finished sensory stories click here to register your interest by emailing your name, address, mobile number, date of birth and Twitter handle. Please remember to mark the subject line of your email: #HinchDistillery

The closing date to register is April 23rd, and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free on the night!

Even if you're not one of the selected Tweet Tasters, it'd be great to have you following the evening’s dramfotainment. So we look forward to seeing you over on Twitter on May 12th from 7pm BST via #HinchDistillery

For more info on Hinch Distillery, visit: hinchdistillery.com

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