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Old Particular
A Gall&Gall Anniversary bottle.
A Gall&Gall Anniversary bottle.
The Gall&Gall exists 140 years. And to celebrate that, 4 casks were selected to be bottled by Douglas Laing in their Old Particular series.
Before we go to the whisky, since I do have some international readers, let me explain what the Gall&Gall is. Gall&Gall is the biggest liquor store chain in the Netherlands. Apparently, the first store was opened in 1884. so, yes, that is a 140 year anniversary!
Now, the whisky. The whisky bottled is a 12yo Balmenach. I did not yet have a Balmenach in my selection, so when I noticed this bottle, I just wanted to try it.
I also noticed I had no Old Particular yet in my long list of owned whiskies. And this is not a series you can ignore, since some very nice bottlings have come out in this series by Douglas Laing.
The dram has no coloring and did not have a chill-filtration.
Now, the cask made me raise my eyebrows a bit in confusion when I tried to figure it out. The label informs me the whisky was "charged from a refill hogshead". Not sure if it aged fully on that hogshead.
We are already discussing the whisky, so let's get into it!
The color makes me look twice. Maybe it is triggered by the labeling on the bottle, but it seems to shift between a very bright yellow when the light is catching the bottle, but a bit more darker when it does not.
The alcohol percentage is 48,4% Vol.
When I dance it around in my glass, it leaves a thin line wtih some small, but very slow droplets running back to the mass.
On the nose I get some summer hay mixed with some dried apricots and pears. A fresh and thick vanilla coats the background of my nose while spices pop up in the front. Some cloves and cinnamon. A second sniff brings sliced banana's and some puff pastry and at the end some aniseed.
The first sip brings a dry summer chaos: The dry feeling on the tongue is mixed with dusty vanilla, some apple and a light hint of lavender before some heat takes over. Very light pepper starts, then cinnamon heat takes over.
The finish is rather long and leaves a dry feeling filled with some cane sugar and some leather. It makes you want that second sip!
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