Cotswolds Single Malt [From Paris with Love]

Hi everyone,

Recently I’ve been working at Whisky Live Paris and so I’ll be posting up some quick reviews and thoughts on some new releases that I’ve been curious about.

First up is Cotswolds distillery’s first single malt, having only just reached 3 years old. They used some 1st fill Bourbon and some STR (Scrapped, toasted recharred, normally ex-red wine barrels).

Cotswolds Single Malt 46%

Colour: Gold

Body: Medium

Nose: Toffee and caramel, very little youth, fully mature, some spice, pepper.

Taste: Full pepper spice, lots of toffee and caramel.

Finish: Medium length. More chewy toffee continues.

Those STR casks work eh? Not really much sign that this is 3 years old, but not much sign of what the distillery character was meant to be either.

68/100

Thanks for reading!

English Whisky Review #1

Whisky Network Review #511

Network Average: 74.2

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.

Why is this here?