Arran 1996 Alembic Rum Finish Review

Hi everyone,

Arran seems to be putting out some good stuff at the moment, and is a bit under my radar actually. I should give them more credit, as some of the stuff is getting really good. Like this one.

In retrospect I should have taken a bit more time to appreciate this one. I should have told the guy who gave it to me “Slow down a minute, this is good shit” but I didn’t. That’s my bad, but even from a small sample, I manage to make a few notes.

Arran 1996 Alembic Rum Finish 50.6%

Colour: Gold

Body: Full

Nose: Lovely tropical nose with a very delicious white sugar note. Great nose.

Taste: Sugary hit first then fresh fruit, pineapple, green apple, long development.

Finish: Long length. Dry oak and another white sugar cane hit.

A 4 year finishing in a Barbados Rhum barrel, bottled @ 21yo. Seriously delicious stuff. My second favourite Arran I’ve had so far. It seems to work better with the sweeter flavours, as a long PX finish was my other favourite.

82/100

Distillery: Arran

Average Score: 76.4

Distillery Ranking: 25th/ 62 places

Up/Down: 28>25 (Up 3)

Thanks for reading!

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