drygmasken Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Flera har säkert redan hört talas om denna, men ganska skoj. Fishky Här är en som inte tycker den va så illa Bruichladdich 1992/2007 'Fishky' (50.2%, Stupid Cask, Germany) Ho-ho-ho! This is a very funny experiment made by some German guy, who bought a bourbon cask of Bruichladdich new make and let it mature in Scotland and then let it being re-racked in sherry in 2001, and finally let it being shipped to Berlin last year. Guess what, he did then a herring cask finishing on it to pay tribute to the early distillers who used to use herring casks to transport whisky (Well, just any casks I think). All that with lots of humour, he even chose ?Stupid cask? as the bottler?s name. Good one! Let?s try it now? Colour: gold - apricot. Nose: it?s perfectly all right, and even nice! Not that far from the Cadenhead?s, just rounder and with added hints of red fruits (raspberries, blackcurrant) and apricot jam. There may well be a little iodine in the background but I?m not too sure. An enjoyable nose, for sure, but it should all happen on the palate. Mouth: let?s go straight to the point: you have to like salt to like this. Actually, it does work and it does remind me of the infamous Loch Scainam Tlam we made a few years ago, blending various malts with 5% water from the Loch Indal (please read its name reversely). There?s quite some fruit jam, apricot pie and very ripe melon and most amazingly, the salt never completely takes control of the whole. Kind of a mixture of fruit spirit with salted liquorice and salted buttered toffee, in fact. Again, that works? until the finish! Indeed, the whisky slowly ?vanishes? as usual but the salt remains on your tongue and on your lips for a very, very long time? It?s a rather weird feeling but no problems at all, unless you had planned to try other whiskies just after this one. I didn?t, I had been warned ;-). Anyway, I think they did this the best they could, and I doubt any other herring-finished whisky would ever be better than this one. Now, this first may also be a last? 83 points, and I?m not exaggerating at all. (and thanks, Pit). Jonas Eriksson"Det är gött med Whisky..."Borås Whiskyklubb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin-std Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 83 p? Verkar inte vara så illa man kanske kunde tro. Den borde vara väldigt salt. Martin Karlsson Strömstad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grundsund Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Haha, det finns folk till allt. Men Glenmorangie kan ju fortfarande slå till med surströmmingsfinish :-p /Magnus Kyrklund Göteborg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunkermania Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Jag gav den 12 p. Den var fruktansvärd! Magnus Fagerström Helsingborg http://www.magnuswhisky.com info(at)magnuswhisky.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcone Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Fanns med i Limburg, finns även ett inslag om fishkyn på singlemalt.tv - Erik Falk - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Per Eriksson Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Jag missade den i Limburg annars hade jag provat den. Per Eriksson Borlänge Webmaster i smad (www.smad.se) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertk Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Som han skriver, om man gillar salt (mycket) så funkar den. Själv hade jag problem med den och det var en (censurerat) tur den provades sent den dagen för sältan låg kvar lääääääääääänge. Inget jag rekommenderar men intressant kan jag väl sträcka mig till att den är. 12p är nog lite snålt mvh, R ::::::::::::: robert karlsson ::: whisky-monitor.com::: maltmaniacs.org ::: twitter ::: 4000+ buteljeringar provat ::::::::::::: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunkermania Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Som han skriver, om man gillar salt (mycket) så funkar den. Själv hade jag problem med den och det var en (censurerat) tur den provades sent den dagen för sältan låg kvar lääääääääääänge. Inget jag rekommenderar men intressant kan jag väl sträcka mig till att den är. 12p är nog lite snålt mvh, R Jag gör som du Robert, bedömer den som en whisky. Hade det varit en shot så kanske, men inte som whisky. Lite sälta i en whisky kan väl vara OK, men inte när man tror att de hällt ett paket salt i flaskan. Magnus Fagerström Helsingborg http://www.magnuswhisky.com info(at)magnuswhisky.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin-std Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Jag är mycket skeptisk till hur den smakar. Man får väl ta det för vad det är dvs en "kul" grej. Jag kommer inte jaga den för att prova den då det finns mycket godare whisky att dricka. Martin Karlsson Strömstad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mattias Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Om den dyker upp på SBWF i höst kan det hända att den provas. Hur salt kan den vara egentligen? Som en sista dram innan kvällen avslutas ska den nog fungera. Mattias Jegréus, NorrtäljeFounding member of Roslagens WhiskysällskapFriend of Laphroaigplus några till...Hittills ende innehavaren av vandringspriset "Stolkrysset" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunkermania Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Som en sista dram innan kvällen avslutas ska den nog fungera. Nej Magnus Fagerström Helsingborg http://www.magnuswhisky.com info(at)magnuswhisky.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertk Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 (edited) Nej Jo eller... NEJ... eller jo (censurerat), en sill-slutlagrad whisky tillhör allmänbildningen! Varför blir jag censurerad för? Inte så många minderåriga på det här forumet får man hoppas för (censurerat) eller hur! Edited May 24, 2007 by robertk ::::::::::::: robert karlsson ::: whisky-monitor.com::: maltmaniacs.org ::: twitter ::: 4000+ buteljeringar provat ::::::::::::: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mattias Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Nej Borde ju fungera alldeles utmärkt som sista dram, eftersmaken borde räcka hela vägen hem. Mattias Jegréus, NorrtäljeFounding member of Roslagens WhiskysällskapFriend of Laphroaigplus några till...Hittills ende innehavaren av vandringspriset "Stolkrysset" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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