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United Distillery Group (Egypt) The Auld Stag

Abominabilis Aegyptiaca

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@markjedi1Review by @markjedi1

30th Jun 2010

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  • Brand: United Distillery Group (Egypt)
  • ABV: 40%

The Auld Stag? Never knew there were deer in Egypt, but then they did build pyramids so I guess anything is possible…

On the label of this Egyptian blend – claimed to be the best blend available in Egypt, which isn’t saying much – is a picture of Bambi’s father with the caption ‘Smooth Blended Whisky, produced under license from William McLeod & Sons, Edinburgh, Scotland’. Pure marketing BS if you know that this product is indeed distilled, bottled, marketed and sold by the Al-Ahram Beverages Company since 2005.

The nose is – to put it politely – different. It starts out rather fruity and sweet but immediately turns into… err… bubblegum. Leave it a few minutes and it will turn into stale beer… like a lager (I was going to write Heineken, but that’s not beer, is it?) that has been standing in the sun for three hours, you know? Quite a bit of metal too. Tin can. No good.

The flavour is flat. Nothing at all happens. Is this whisky? I get some malt and wood – end of story. This is more a liqueur than whisky (and not a very good one at that).

Finish? What finish? What are you talking about, Sallah?

This is a pure Egyptian abomination, only to be served as a joke. At a recent festival in Belgium, where you could taste whiskies for a small fee, there was one booth where they served this one. However, if you had the guts to do it, you got paid a euro! Nuff said! I wouldn’t even give this away to my mother-in-law for cocktail sauce purposes (because I would probably end up eating that anyway). Perhaps I can do windows with it? Makes me go all Latin on ya...

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@LeFrog
LeFrog commented

Laugh? I nearly fell off my chair!

"picture of Bambi’s father"

13 years ago 0

@OJK
OJK commented

Great review of what seems to be a far from great whisky!! I admire your adventure however in drinking it!

13 years ago 0

@LeFrog
LeFrog commented

Oh - and I think more reviews should have Latin titles...

13 years ago 0

@Pierre
Pierre commented

Mark you have excelled yourself - a thoroughly entertaining review for I whisky I shall definitely never taste.

13 years ago 0

@markjedi1
markjedi1 commented

You can find an image of the label at thelin.net/whisky/whiskies/…, showing Bambi's dad. Thanks for the kind words - I was in an adventurous mood, getting ready to take off on holiday to Portugal (where they do NOT have whisky - except imported stuff, of course).

13 years ago 0

@jeanluc
jeanluc commented

Yeah, anything which claims to be 'smooth' on the label is probably rough.

13 years ago 0

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