Berry Bros. & Rudd
8.3

Berry Bros. & Rudd

11th Limited Release

ABV 45.6%

If you like grapefruits, this one’s for you.

Laura Foster

Specification

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Brand

11th Limited Release

Expression

Blended Malt

Type

No age statement

Age (Years)

2014

Year of Bottling

45.6%

ABV

Scotland

Region/Country

Independent Bottling

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Laura Foster

Taster

Nose: Breezy and zingy. Wander through groves of pink grapefruit with honeysuckle and orange blossom, eating a bag of caramel-covered almonds.

Palate: A mix of breakfasts. The flesh and oils of bitter pink and yellow grapefruit provide the foundation, before a bowl of nutty\r\nbreakfast cereal.

Finish: Bitterness plays on with an added touch of beer… then again, I’m sensitive to bitters, so others might not feel it as much.

Comment: If you like grapefruits, this one’s for you.

Score: 7.4

Mark Newton

Taster

Nose: This isn’t shy! Ash with linseed oil. Baked bananas and mango. Dried apricot and mixed peel. WD40. Feints that compliment, green tea, tobacco, leather and buttermilk.

Palate: Sweet peat merges with charred wood, balanced with tropical fruits. Pineapple and mango. Green chillies and ginger, with Chinese Five Spice. Muscovado sugar.

Finish: Pineapple simmers to smouldering ashes, honey and Lapsang Souchong tea.

Comment: A tug-boat washed up in the tropics. Contrast of flavours. Outrageous!

Score: 9.2

8.3
Overall Score

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