Bruichladdich Rocks
Earthy Rollercoaster
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Review by @Victor
- Nose19
- Taste19
- Finish18
- Balance17
- Overall73
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- Brand: Bruichladdich
- Type: Scotch
- Region: Islay
- ABV: 46%
Thanks to @MarsViolet for the reviewed sample.
Nose: acrid citric antiseptic, like strong mouth wash, a little sour, brine, followed by malt and actually a bit of perfume of roses, which seems strangely out of place with the other flavours. Hints of old leather and a bit of wet hay. Any peat or smoke in the nose is quite mild. Overall, odd, and not too pleasant. Additional air morphs this into a slightly floral grassy maltiness, better than at first. Water brings out the wine flavours and subdues the weirdness. With ice, citrus seems to dominate the nose
Taste: sweet; brine springs forth in strong evidence, leather and grass remain, peat is much more noticeable on the palate than in the nose. A strong and deep unrefined fruitiness, like marc, asserts itself, seeming to be from wine maturation. The flavours are strong but not refined. This is a hearty sort of beverage. Water once again brings out wine and malt. Reasonably pleasant this way. With ice, deep wine and wood flavours become strongest
Finish: rather long, sour, and finishes on wine and malt. With water, the wine flavours do a slow fade out. With ice, there is a combination of a little citrus, a little grass, a little malt, and a little wine
Balance: Bruichladdich Rocks is an entertaining chameleon. It is also quite unrefined, albeit hearty. "Balance" is not a word I would use to describe these odd, multiple, and morphing flavours
You can certainly enjoy this malt, but in order to do so you have to be in the mood to ride an earthy unrefined rollercoaster
OR, you could just nail down its manifestation by drinking it with water, or, alternately, with ice
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NB Bruichladdich Rocks is officially labeled 'Unpeated Malt', but it still tastes of peat to me.