Eddu Silver & Gold (French Buckwheat whisky) Reviews

Hi everyone,

Two more quick reviews today, this time for some random French whisky I tried a couple of years ago now.

Eddu is a whisky made at Distillerie des Menhirs in Brittany and started making whisky in 1998. But not from barley, from Buckwheat.

Weirdly, Buckwheat isn’t anything like Wheat because it isn’t a grass and, if anything, looks more like a flower. Anyway, the stuff has seeds (which are classed as ‘pseudocereals’) which can be malted, mashed and distilled. It is then distilled in a double distillation on a direct-fired Alembic-style still.

Eddu 'Silver' Buckwheat Whisky 40%

Colour: Gold

Body: Light/Medium

Nose: Calvados, really. Loads of red and green apple.

Taste: Yep, really Calvados-esque, a sweet style of Calvados, apple juice, red apple, green apple.

Finish: Short length.

No harshness but youthful. Really not sure I’d be able to pick out a specific flavour the Buckwheat is bringing to the table. Really can’t give this an amazing score as a whisky though, partially because it tastes more like Calvados.

52/100

Eddu 'Gold' Buckwheat Whisky 43%

Colour: Gold

Body: Medium

Nose: Toffee, vanilla, apple, some oak. A little deeper than the Silver.

Taste: Toffee apples, soft spice, more mature than the silver but still not a huge amount of complexity.

Finish: Medium length. Some oak.

Very apple-y again, which perhaps is the style of the whisky or from the Buckwheat. Either way, if you like apples and/or Calvados you’ll likely enjoy these.

61/100

Thanks for reading!

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