Johnnie Walker Blenders' Batch Rum Cask Finish
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Review by @markjedi1
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- Brand: Johnnie Walker
- Type: Scotch
- ABV: 40.8%
Several experiments have already been launched in the Blender’s Batch, such as a Bourbon & Rye, a Wine Cask Blend, a Sherry Cask Finish. But this Rum Cask Finish is another of those. Mind you: it is bottled in a 50cl bottle and a one-off experiment. The blend was composed with whisky from the Lowlands and Speyside and was finished in casks that previously held Caribbean pot still rum.
The nose starts rather closed, I feel. It takes a while before some citrus appears in the guise of lime and some juicy mandarin. Pineapple cubes! Hint of white chocolate as well as some woodsmoke, albeit all the way in the background.
It is silky soft, but very creamy. Next to the pineapple and citrus, I also get some marzipan and mint. Pretty spicy too, on white pepper and a pinch of cinnamon.
The finish is medium long and very sweet.
Neat I call this so-so, but if you try it in a Scotch Mojito, you’ll be in seventh heaven.
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@markjedi1 It sounds more like a young virgin oak than a rum cask. Which flavors do you think were imparted by the cask? I never had a scotch mojito, I am now curious to get one.