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Leidsche Singel Malt
A new series from Singel Malt
A new series from Singel Malt
I have reviewed them before; the limited editions by Leidsche Singel Malt.
We had Batch 1, then Batch 2 and finally Batch 3.
In between I also reviewed the Leidsche Singel Malt Angels Share which was a different series. And now I was waiting for what they would bring out next.
(They also bottled an Alkmaarse Singel Malt, but I skipped that one, Alkmaar is not my city.)
Then Tom called with the question if I had some spare time for him, somewhere in the upcoming days. And I said yes, knowing what was coming.
So a couple of days later, the doorbell rang and Tom from Singel Malt personally delivered two bottles. I always buy one to taste and a second one to complete the series. (This is the only series of whisky I'm actually collecting.)
Offering Tom a cup of coffee, I could hear him out about the whisky and the latest series. Being done with the "batch" editions, the plan has changed to still continue with single cask whiskies. But in a series of editions highlighting the many landmarks in the city of Leiden that carry a story. In this case: De Burght, where according to local folklore, a ghost haunts the premises.
Knowing this story, and tasting their cask sample, this whisky was paired with the story.
As always with Leidsche Singel Malt, the whisky was bottled 46% Vol., making it a limited edition of 355 bottles.
The whisky is a 6 year old (Tom: "Six and a half year old!") Inchfad.
Inchfad is a heavily peated whisky from the Loch Lomond Distillery, that carries a lot of smoke, but some very fruity notes at the same time.
And that was hitting meimmediately when I plopped the cork: A fresh and sharp green apple candy, plated on a wet and soggy forest floor.
I know I skipped the coloring, but before I could take a sniff out of the glass, that was what hit me.
A twirl in the glass leaves a sharp thin line of micro beads that flows as a whole down the glass. The color is much darker than previous editions and I can best describe it as a dark yellow with a mossy green hue when the light catches it.
My first real nosing gives the green apple, mixed with some pink lady and marzipan. That marzipan comes from a sweet and sugary almond note that follows the fruit. Both accompanied all the time by some dark, wet earth and the hint of a campfire from yesterday. In the very back of the nose, some custard style vanilla pops up and lingers.
My first sip is suddenly a battle for attention: Sweet fruity notes fight the heavy peat for being first. And although the fruit wins that battle, after the first sprint the peated notes pair with roasted chestnuts and some honey and win the war. A second sip reveals that the marzipan did not leave and is right there next to the fresh apples.
The finish is very long and has a pleasantly lingering mix of smoke, sweet fresh fruit and a small hint of leather. After enjoying the dram, the empty glass kept sending small wafts of peat and smoke into the room, making me pour a second.
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