Glen Keith 20 Year Old 1993 Blackadder Raw Cask

This Glen Keith by Blackadder is very pale and – like all Raw Cask bottlings by Robin Tucek and his team – has some cask residue. I am not sure what the purpose is. They have to be added again after filtration after all, no? Anyway, I am looking forward to this Glen Keith 1993.

It has a creamy nose on toffee and hay. Fairly quickly that is joined by some apples and gooseberries. Touch of beeswax. Burnt malt. Quite naked, if you get my meaning. Even reminds me a bit of new make. That does not have to be bad per se, but I would have expected more maturity from a 20 year old malt.

It is honeysweet and quite punchy. The spices explode: ginger: chili pepper and camphor. The same fruit as on the nose, but it’s the toffee that demands all the attention.

The finish is fairly long and spicy, but offers nothing new.

Not exactly the most complex Glen Keith. Rather simply and run-of-the-mill. Around 100 EUR if you can still find it.

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