Right here’s an extended overdue evaluate of two current Kingsbarns bottlings.
Falkland is the Native Barley version from Kingsbarns, in the event you like. It’s distilled from barley sourced lower than six miles from the distillery. It combines 80% first-fill bourbon barrels with 20% STR wine casks.
Kingsbarns Falkland (46%, OB 2023, first-fill bourbon + STR barriques)
Nostril: hints of sweet floss with vanilla custard and inexperienced apple sherbet. White peach, banana and pears within the background. Pancake dough. Then the malty facet shines by, together with hints of butterscotch.
Mouth: pretty creamy once more. Very pleasant flavours like vanilla cream, stewed apples and lemon sweet. Hints of white grapes and banana as nicely. Some inexperienced pepper and a lightweight bitter edge comes out, in addition to tangy hints of clove studded orange.
End: medium size, displaying recent oak shavings, inexperienced fruits and inexperienced spice. Bitterness ultimately.
This feels younger, and the wooden leaves a bitter footprint in direction of the top. Should you look past this, this can be a good Lowlands whisky with potential. Nonetheless accessible from the Wemyss web site.
Subsequent up is Kingsbarns Bell Rock Cask Energy. It is a somewhat contrasting launch at full energy and matured in 70% Oloroso sherry casks and 30% first-fill bourbon.
Kingsbarns Bell Rock – Cask Energy (61,1%, OB 2023, Oloroso sherry + first-fill bourbon, 3600 btl.)
Mouth: actually punchy, with a peppery kick at first. Fairly a little bit of alcohol as nicely. The sherry character is okay, specializing in pecans and hazelnuts once more, with hints of caramelized fruits. Plenty of gingery notes, some paprika and a lightweight citrusy edge.
End: lengthy and spicy. Pepper, salted caramel and burnt sugar, in addition to minty oak.
Total nonetheless a bit younger (after all) and such a excessive ABV isn’t an asset in that case. Nonetheless accessible from the distillery web site and some German retailers. Rating: 84/100
