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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).
