Amrut Cask Strength bottled 2007

This review is of a 50 ml mini bottle of the unpeated Amrut Cask Strength, bottled in September 2007. I give my thanks to @Nozinan for the reviewed bottle

Nose: very strong barley grain flavours, more cereal in style than grassy; there is some muted pear and citrus in the mix. For a whisky which is aged a relatively "few" years, 5 ?, 6 ?, you can tell that there is something a bit different here,...the use of some new oak for aging. This is pretty simple, but I love the intensity. The barley grain commands the flavours here

Taste: great barley intensity; stays simple. The barley flavours in this one are mostly middle and low-pitched. This is not the tastiest barley, but it is good quality barley. If you like flavour, you will like probably like this. This gains sourness mid-palate

Finish: moves very slowly more sour into the finish, but stays pretty close to the palate for a long time

Balance: love, love, love! the intensity. This is all about barley. This is good but not the very best-tasting barley. Even though some new wood aging is done here, the wood flavours are mostly in the background. As a Big Flavours Guy, I can always get into a whisky like (unpeated) Amrut Cask Strength. I will choose other Amruts for my bottle purchases, however

Water added: 1) raised the pitch, sweetened, and lessened, the nose flavours, 2) fused the palate flavours, and 3) fused the flavours on the finish. I prefer this without water

Strength: HUGE flavours. Score 25/25 pts

Quality: OK barley, OK wood, nothing special. Score 21/25 pts

Variety: not a lot. Score: 20/25 pts

Harmony: good, could be better. Score: 20/25

Total non-sequential score: 86/100 points

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