If you put money in a cash ISA you are guaranteed to lose some with interest rates lower than inflation. So it seemed to me that barrels of whisky would be a much better bet. My wife and her sister agreed. This is a tasting of our latest batch of cask samples.
Bourbon Cask 2005 - This is the original investment and should be ready for bottling next year. It has a pale yellow colour. The nose is predominantly of a mild sweet barley mash. The flavour is of a mild but warming sweet barley grains.
Bourbon Cask 2008 - Similar colour and nose to the 2005. Surprisingly smooth and very similar taste although obviously higher alcohol content.
Bourbon Casks 2010 - Same colour and nose as the previous two. Really smooth and snowing a lot of promise. This demonstrates barrel variation. The next cask sample of the same year we tried was noticeable creamier. Looks like an interesting collection of casks for this year.
Riversaltes Cask 2008 - Lightish yellow brown colour with a sweet grainy nose. I really enjoyed this one with its combination of sweetness from the wine and malty barley from the mash with just a hint of butteriness.
Riversaltes Cask 2009 - Similar colour and nose to the 2008. Very similar to the 2008 so hats off to the distillers for achieving great consistency. We tasted barrels 3654 and 3651 and it was amazing how similar they were.
Port Charlotte 2008 - Pale yellow colour with predominantly alcohol on the nose. What a wonderful taste. Typical Bruichladdich smoothness combined with just the right amount of peat. A brilliant place to end the tasting.
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