This month’s tasting at Trinity Hall Irish Pub featured the Tomintoul (pronounced tom’-in-tool), The Gentle Dram. \u00a0Here’s what we tasted:<\/p>\n
10 Year Old ($40)<\/strong> – Notes of caramel, honey, mild smoke, grass, bitter orange, mild ginger, white pepper, but not very interesting\u2026 don’t bother with this one.<\/p>\n 12Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish ($70)<\/strong>\u00a0– Notes of vanilla, white raisin, fresh cut hay, ginger and black pepper with a mildly leathery finish… getting candied ginger after a while\u2026\u00a0this is better, but way overpriced for an average whisky.<\/p>\n 14 Year Old Speyside Glenlivet\u00a0($75)<\/strong>\u00a0– Notes of ginger, grass, pepper, lemongrass, orange peel, honey, leathery and menthol… \u00a0bitter\u00a0and\u00a0spicy, although a few drops of water tame the bitterness (it is 46% ABV)… another pass.<\/p>\n 16 Year Old ($64)<\/strong> – Notes of honey, ginger, vanilla and grass… \u00a0mildly bitter and boring… don’t even think about it!<\/p>\n Peaty Tang ($50)<\/strong> – Plenty of peat with a mild sweetness… plenty of spice, but leathery and bitter… a bit of candied ginger after a while\u2026 just not that good.<\/p>\n Yamazaki 18 Year Old ($200)<\/strong> – This was the bonus pour for the night and one that I’ve had before at a private tasting. \u00a0The Peaty Tang hold over was not good for this fine whisky and almost ruined the experience. \u00a0We should’ve had this one before any peat. \u00a0Fortunately, I knew how good this one was and worked to cleanse my palate so that I could enjoy the only pour of the night worth enjoying.<\/p>\n Well, the tasting was fun, but the Tomintoul line was a dissappointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This month’s tasting at Trinity Hall Irish Pub featured the Tomintoul (pronounced tom’-in-tool), The Gentle Dram. \u00a0Here’s what we tasted: 10 Year Old ($40) – Notes of caramel, honey, mild smoke, grass, bitter orange, mild ginger, white pepper, but not very interesting\u2026 don’t bother with this one. 12Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish ($70)\u00a0– Notes of … Continue reading