Girvan, 11 years old, sherry octave

Girvan, 11 years old

The 21st release from Dramfool is an 11 year old Girvan single grain whisky bottled un-chill-filtered at cask strength of 64.4%, with an outturn of 64 bottles. The whisky is a portion of Dramfool Girvan 20th release removed from the bourbon cask at 10 years old and transferred into a sherry octave previously used to mature our Avian Gull Too. This has imparted some delicate sherry and Islay whisky notes onto the grain whisky.

Tasting notes

Nose neat: Hint of sherry with red fruit and a whisp of smoke. Vanilla and candyfloss, Soor Plooms and a hint of Germolene.

Taste neat: Creamy with Werther's Originals, toffee, and a trace of peat smoke with Germolene and red fruit.

Nose diluted: Slightly more sherry this time and the peat smoke is also more noticeable. Still lots of sweetness from vanilla and boiled sweets.

Taste diluted: Creamy with red fruits and a whiff of peat smoke, Soor Plooms, apple Jolly ranchers, travel sweets covered in icing sugar.