Thanks again for letting me sit in! This was a great one. See you all again soon. Thanks @maltmusings.bsky.social #BlindDrams

1: 3/5 2: 4/5 3: 4/5 4: 3/5 5: 5/5 Great drams. Pretty sure this is my highest scoring #BlindDrams

5 _______ Nose: Smokey salted caramac bars, chamois, cooked lemon, faint calamine Palate: Toasted marshmallow, rich tea biscuit, hovis digestive Finish: Coconut Mocha, baking spices, bittersweet cocoa solids and burnt brown sugars _______ Score: 5/5 Love this. No clue what it is. #BlindDrams

5 _______ Nose: Smokey salted caramac bars, chamois, cooked lemon #BlindDrams

4 _______ Nose: Putty, Tarragon, Lavender, fried chilies, damp pencil shavings Palate: Mild. Gentle peat, milk and honey that someone boiled a gammon in, lavender Finish: Very soft tannic spice _______ Score: 3/5 Old Bowmore? #BlindDrams

4 _______ Nose: Putty, Tarragon, Lavender, fried chillies #BlindDrams

3 _______ Nose: More salt than peat. Dust and old bandages. Bit of yeast Palate: Balanced, bit of ruddy fruit, salt, sweet brown bread Finish: Sweet coffee foam, dried chilies _______ Score: 4/5 Quite balanced and harmonious #BlindDrams

2 _______ Nose: Organic kitchen scraps with orange peel on the top. Bit tarry Palate: Roasted sweet root veg, licorice sticks, hot smoked salmon Finish: Drying but not too feisty white pepper, white ash _______ Score: 4/5 Like this a fair bit #BlindDrams

2 Nose: Organic kitchen scraps with orange peel on the top #BlindDrams

#BlindDrams 1 3/5 Good stuff. Great start.

#BindDrams 1. Nose: Soft leather, rhubarb crumble, lemon skittles Palate: Light texture, gentle peated malt, sweet ash Finish: Died herbs: oregano, basil, tarragon, mint. slightly drying

All set up for tonight's #BlindDrams

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Here is the lineup in full #BlindDrams massive thanks to @dornochdistillery.bsky.social for helping set this up

@socialdrammer.bsky.social Well done mate! Amazing lineup. Can't believe I spotted the impostor for the right reasons. Pure fluke. #BlindDrams

#BlindDrams Scores 3,1,4,4,3

#BlindDrams 5 Nose: more delicate, tropical candy, soursop, slightly papery, miso, mustard, ginger, fruit studded cheese Palate: buttercream, lemoncurd, ripe honeydew, starfruit sunflower oil Finish: mild black pepper and soft mustard powder, foxes glacier mints Classy, but mild 3/5

#BlindDrams 4 Nose: Yeast, candied bacon, leather mild vanilla cream, calamine Palate: Sweet vanilla milkshake, savoury malt, semi dry strawberry and tamarind Finish: rounded honey pepper Sweet peat treat 4/5

#BlindDrams № 3 4/5 Would be happy to own this.

#BlindDrams 3 Nose: caramac-ee, biscoff, cola, malt vinegar, Palate: Thicker, sweet and soft raisin, peach nectar, frazzles, tangy toms but not sharp, very light sulphur Finish: honeybutter, white pepper, salt, more intensity After the last one, this is easy to enjoy.

#BlindDrams № 2 1/5 Not for me.

#BlindDrams 2 Nose: lemon herbs: thyme, tarragon, oregano. Bit of odd solvent and citronella. Smoke? Palate: light approach, vanilla cream, imperial leather Finish: rosewater eau de toilet, very mild lingering buzz on the lips and roof. Weird.

#blinddrams № 1 3/5. Good start

#BlindDrams 1 Nose: nougat, pineapple cubes, cardboard Palate: Tutti fruty, Nuts and light milk chocolate, Finish: dissapating tail, astringency, unsalted butter, lightly bitter herb Quite like this

Final scores for the #BlindDrams 2, 3, 2, 3, 4.

#BlindDrams 5 Nose: smoked paprika, sweet cure bacon, pot puri, blood orange, vanilla, dry fried chillies Palate: barley sugars, Salty sweet oily Malt, meaty peat Finish: Ashy, Vietnamese coffee, Halls menthol lozenges Now this is my fave this eve 4/5

#BlindDrams 4. Nose: Lemon oil, green melon, braeburn apple, vanilla, wet grass, sencha, green grape, crisp oak, bit of prickle, bit of salt and smoke? Palate: Oily and citric, fresh shredded ginger Finish: herbs, peel, honey and bitter leaf, but the bitter doesn't stick, numbness Like this 3/5

Gonna drop back down to a 2/5 for dram No.3 #BlindDrams

#BlindDrams 3 Nose: Boiled lemon sweets, oregano, thyme, lemon drizzle, vanilla, golden cereals, lactic lemon posset Palate: slick lemon barley sugars, glazed cereal, yellow plum with a little catch on the skin, caramel Finish: Oily, pepper, peel, minerals, neutral camphor, chilli on the lips

I think I like this more. Gonna go with a 3 for No.2 #BlindDram

#BlindDrams 2. Nose: Pickled peach, red and white wine (cherries, raspberries, gooseberries lychee, white grape) and damp oak Palate: Apricot lavashak, peach cobbler with oats and flaked almond bit of yeast Finish: Buttery peach pits, very light tannins grey pepper and muddled mint leaves.

Alright - I reckon I'm giving No.1 a 2 Nice all round, but not popping for me. #BlindDrams

Back with #BlindDrams ! 1. Nose: lemon sherbets, Jif/Cif, parmesan cheese rinds, guava, vanilla, nougat Palate: Powdered sugar morphing into sherbet, honey cream, coconut Turkish delight Finish: candied peel minerals and tingles of pickled horseradish and camphor Like it.

Update: Got into the Ruadh Maor sample last night (2010 BBR cask 69) Waking up this morning, I have independent verification that my face smells like barbecue sauce.

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Big thanks to the #BlindDrams crew for a great evening online. Fun selection and great company. If you need another face on Zoom in the future - let me know!

#5 Nose : overripe apple, pineapple, soft leathery perfumed peat, sausages made with pancetta. Sweetly yeasty, chlorine Palate : Powerful peat, sweetly vegetal, dark caramel, dark brown bread candied ginger Finish : Peanut brittle, Chocolate ginger Notes : NO NOTES! Love it. Dram 5 gets a 5

#BlindDrams 4 for 4. Low 4 though

#BlindDrams 4 Nose : caramel biscuits, maple rye, orange citrus, cooked apricots, dried mango, banana chips Palate : brown sugar into buttery tropical fruit, caraway seed Finish : spicy cherry root beer, coffee-cardamom bitter herb and rocket _______ Notes : Sherry probably

#BlindDrams 3 for 3

#BlindDrams 3 Nose : Barley sugars, orange cream soda, baked stone fruit in pastry, mixedTurkish delight, basil Palate : honeyed buttery, mixed pepper Finish :oak char sweet and bitterness, mild mint and szechuan Notes : Ex Bourbon char re char?

#BlindDrams Dram 2 is a 3 from me.

#BlindDrams Nose : Vanilla, lemon drizzle, pina colada, red vines Palate : light approach confectionery sugar, marshmallow, Haribo peach Finish : mild peel and coconut oil, mild mustard and wasabi powder. Notes : rum barrel?

#BlindDrams 1 Nose : light, fruity and sweet. Melon, white grape, vanilla, refreshers Palate : lightly syrupy melon, mustard spice Finish : artificial sweetener, lemon slice in oily mineral water Notes : possibly dessert white?

Happy Friday All! #BlindDrams

I learnt two new things today: 1) The @Dornochdistillery.bsky.social / @Circumstancewhisky.bsky.social #BlendedatBirth collaboration is being aged in ex-Bourbon (Nice). 2) The #NeverSayDieBourbon is based out of @WhitePeak.bsky.social , who advise them on casks and provide warehouse space.

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