Wolfburn Review

Hey everyone,

Another one today and this really ends a long journey for me.

This year I had a goal to try a whisky from every distillery in Scotland currently available. I was pretty close but then Ailsa Bay and Wolfburn came out. I bought a bottle of Ailsa but the Wolfburn eluded me for a while. Finally, when ordering my Kilkerran 12 from Master of Malt I spied a sample!

So this is it, I've now tried at least one whisky from every distillery currently releasing their whisky.

Wolfburn is a new distillery, the northernmost in mainland Scotland. It has just started releasing their whisky, so this is one of the first releases really. This was partially matured in ex-Peated Quarter casks, probably from Laphroaig.

Wolfburn 46%

Colour: Straw

Body: Medium

Nose: Young, light fruit, light smoke, seaweed, driftwood.

Water: NMS, clean and bubblegum like.

Taste: Soft arrival, young fruit, pear, some smoke, seaweed, ginger, ginseng tea.

Water: Softly smoky, NMS notes, bubblegum, some spice and oak.

Finish: Medium length. More smoke and ash kicks up.

62/100

Alright for 3 years old but glad I didn't pay the money for a full bottle.

Review #183

Score Average: 74.4

Best Score: 91

Worst Score: 44

0-49 Terrible

50-59 Bad

60-64 Just About OK

65-69 Ok to Good

70-74 Good

75-79 Very Good

80-84 Excellent

85-89 Superb

90+ Magnificent