Hi everyone,
I’m back from my wedding and honeymoon, so it’s back to reviewing every whisky under the sun! I was on honeymoon in Marsa Alam in Egypt (It was amazing!), and noticed that on the drinks menu of the hotel bar there was a ‘local’ whisky.
Well, of course I had to try it. Who could resist the chance to try Egyptian whisky?
Highlands Whisky Red 40%
Colour: E150a
Body: Light
Nose: Ah, they went the artificially flavouring route. Aniseed and liquorice all the way, very pungent. Cheap spirit and solvent, paint stripper.
Taste: Thin like water, overwhelming artificial liquorice and aniseed. Rubbery and slightly weird.
Finish: Short length. Thin, aniseed balls.
Highlands of where? Egypt? A real eye opener in what some people would define as whisky. Really this is a liquorice liqueur. Lovely plastic bottle too!
22/100
Thanks for reading!
Egyptian Whisky Review #1
Whisky Network Review #474
Network Average: 74.5
Best Score: 92
Worst Score: 22
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
Full Disclosure Disclaimer: I currently work as a Brand Ambassador for Penderyn Distillery. The views expressed here are purely my own and do not reflect the views of Penderyn Distillery or The Welsh Whisky Company. I try to maintain as much objectivity as I can but feel free to take my reviews with as big a pinch of salt as you like. Furthermore, my rating scale is NOT based on a Parker type wine scoring scale or a school/college/university % or A-F grade score. You can find more on my scoring here. I apologise for any seemly low or 'bad' scores given with my system and am sorry I can't say only nice things. Please keep in mind that I am ethically compromised and am unable to produce 100% unbiased reviews.
Have you tried auld stag while you are there, it is also an rgEgypti whiskey and I think that it is not artificially flavored.
ReplyDelete