This almost started a ‘rumbullion’ in the Panel – a Devonshire word meaning ‘a great tumult’
51 Dark and decadent where dark chocolate is joined by darker beer
Water brings a rugged and gravelly minerality to the fore
Water dragged us even deeper with aromas of polished oak
An enticing nose began confidently with boiled lemon sweets and sweet boozy butterscotch
Cask No. 37.138 Juicy oak & vanilla This almost started a ‘rumbullion’Cask No. 37. 138 After the party Speyside, Spey After 15 years in ex bourbon wood, this was introduced to an American oak first fill PX hogshead. The nose treated the Panel to treacle tart, toasted coconut, cassis, plum sauce on roast duck, sherry spilled on a flamenco floor and fag ends stubbed out in a red wine glass. The palate combined sticky toffee pudding sweetness with raspberry concentrate and ruby port, before an earthier finish of wood,