Paul John Bold & Peated Reviews

Hello everyone,

Some interesting Indian single malt today. 

Paul John usually use Indian barley but for these they've imported peated barley from Scotland. These will be young but the climate in India is much hotter which matures the whisky more quickly.

I was interested to try the Bold, since Horst Leuning liked it so much.

A series of short reviews from the Bristol Whisky Lounge 2016. Parts 14+15/20

Paul John Bold 46%

Colour: Dark Gold

Body: Medium/Full

Nose: 'Green,' chlorophyll, grass, sweet fruit, petrolic. No peat really.

Taste: Soft, barley, gun smoke (cordite?), sweet fruit, petrol.

Finish: Medium length. Marzipan soaked in petrol.

Notes: A bit weird but it works.

73/100

And then the cask strength... (gulp)

Paul John Peated 55.5%

Colour: Dark Gold

Body: Medium

Nose: Clean, barley. Not much here, let's try some water.

Water: Green, burnt grass, petrol.

Taste: Intense and clean with sweet barley.

Water: Hot and petrolic, alcohol.

Finish: Long length. Marzipan.

Notes: I prefer the Bold. This is out of balance.

67/100

Interesting to try. Not boring whisky at least!

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