Edinburgh Whisky
7.6

Edinburgh Whisky

The Surgeons Ball

ABV 46%

A good weight to it, yet with lighter frills. A bit like a rugby player wearing a tutu.

Laura Foster

Specification

New Town Blends

Brand

The Surgeons Ball

Expression

Blended Malt

Type

No age statement

Age (Years)

2016

Year of Bottling

46%

ABV

Highland

Region/Country

Independent Bottling

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Laura Foster

Taster

Nose: A nose of two halves… it’s deep, treacle and Marmite, with a Twiglet tinge; and simultaneously light, with lemon and lime citrus, and bright florals. Some tar too. Intriguing.

Palate: Deeper flavours dominate, with everyone’s favourite yeast extract mixing with beery IPA. Green & Black’s dark chocolate studded with charcoal.

Finish: Numbing Szechuan pepper and a drying texture, along with cocoa powder.

Comment: A good weight to it, yet with lighter frills. A bit like a rugby player wearing a tutu.

Score: 8

Mark Newton

Taster

Nose: A layer of gentle peat fades, revealing a creamy, yeasty, almost Champagne-like quality. Lots of citrus and vanilla. Wet moss, grassy, slightly herbal bay leaves, sage?

Palate: The smoke is ashier, more prickly. Straw, grassy again, with hops and malted barley. The youthful energy of new-make spirit, more citrus, and buttermilk.

Finish: It’s short, peppery, oily and ashy. Apples and grapefruit show eventually to balance.

Comment: I don’t think it’s quite the finished thing, but what’s here is good.

Score: 7.3

7.6
Overall Score

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