Bird is Bored – Glengoyne Cask Strength
Lately, I have been diving a bit into Scotch again. It might have something to do that I joined a Whisky regular’s table. For a first article, I chose the Glengoyne Cask Strength and I tried to keep things fairly simple.
I already reviewed the Glengoyne 12 Years and liked it very much. I also wrote a few details about the distillery located in the Scottish Highlands. For their Cask Strength expression, Glengoyne uses a third of Sherry barrels, two thirds of refill-casks and a small amount of bourbon barrels. Mine was Batch No. 10 and came at an ABV of 59,5 %.
Sherry fruits and nuts
The Glengoyne Cask Strength starts with similar fruit notes as the 12-Year-Old. Obviously, the Cask Strength version is more powerful and not as smooth as the other one. Yet, the delicious nutty and sherry cask notes are more pronounced in this bottling. Towards the end of the sip, some black pepper and hot spice notes develop.
A relatively simple drink
Every time I want to create a drink using Scotch, I tend towards Rob Roy variations. Yet, this time I wanted to go in another direction. So, I was thinking long and hard until I noticed a hazelnut liqueur in my liquor cabinet. In addition, I added some walnut bitters and saline solution to compliment the Scotch and the nutty flavours.
2,25 cl Hazelnut Liqueur
2 Dashes Fee Brother’s Walnut Bitters
2,25 cl Lemon Juice
1,5 cl Simple Syrup
Shake – strain – chilled Cocktail glass;
Garnish: Long Lemon Twist;
Song: Mastersystem – Bird is Bored of Flying;
Obviously, the ‘Bird is Bored’ is – just – an enhanced Whisky Sour. Yet, the nutty flavours of the Scotch go perfectly well with the hazelnut liqueur and the bitters. There is just enough sugar in it to balance out the drink and the salt adds another interesting layer of depth.
*The fact that I received a product reviewed in this article for free, did not – in any way – influence the rating of said product. The single malt was provided by Stock Spirits.
