Pages

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Robert Burns Single Malt Review

Hi everyone,

With Burns’ Night having just passed us, I thought I should get round to reviewing this sample I got given at Christmas… last year or maybe the year before. Yeah, I don’t get round to reviewing stuff I have at home.
Anyway, I hope everyone had great Burns’ Night celebrations and Haggis galore!
This one is a single malt from Arran distillery, NAS and done specially with a special Robert Burns society .

Robert Burns Single Malt 43%
Colour: Light Gold
Body: Medium
Nose: Nice and malty, green apple, apple pie, a little pear, creamy. Seems like a nice young Arran, if a little boring.
Taste: A bit astringent on the taste, quite bitter with lemon pith, damp wool, a bit of plastic or something burnt, some malt, none of fresh fruit I was expecting.
Finish: Short length. Some lemon and malt.
The nose on this is fine but the taste and finish are not so good. The astringency and bitterness on the taste kill it for me.
57/100

Thanks for reading!

Scotch Review #838
Whisky Network Review #1004

Network Average: 75.2
Best Score: 94
Worst Score: 12
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 the Global 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 I am sorry I can't say only nice things. Please keep in mind that I am ethically compromised and I am unable to produce 100% unbiased reviews.

No comments:

Post a Comment