(Originally posted december 20th 2012 to the Connemara Clan facebook-group)
Here is my tastingnote of the Hybrid whisk(e)y which is the
first bottling from 'The Teeling Whiskey Co.'
As some of you might know the Hybrid is an older version of
a whisk(e)y called Celtic nations which was a mix of 85% Bruichladdich malt and
15% peated Cooley malt at the age of 10yo. The Hybrid is sort of an "older
brother" consisting of the same composition married together for an
additional 8 years, in other words now being 18yo. Limited to only 1200 bottles
and at cask strength of 44,1% Abv
Colour: Bright and golden
Nose:
Ligthly peated in style, fruity aromas, mostly towards
citrus or sort of zesty, after it has rested for a while in the glass the
whisk(e)y delivers whiffs of lemonpeel that flows though the room of itself.
Also quite evident traces of pear and a somewhat strange and "thin"
sweetliqourice in the center of the nose... in some elements it resembles
Connemara! Sure has some Connemara (peated Cooley) in it : ) Also, something
that reminds me just a little bit of the Cooley Poitin mixed with
caraway/cumin; the Hybrid has a tale that says "Swedish schnapps"
Palate:
Wow! Sure has alot of peat on the palate, of course I knew
beforehand that it was to be peated but the nose did not reveal that it would
be this peated, almost a little peat monster actually! In taste it actually
resembles a Laphroaig (say the 10yo but around 46% if there was to be such an
expression)... Moving on, alot of peat in the initial taste, some vanilla and
honey sweetness and also some rawsugar, but then it's moving on quite quickly
indeed to a somewhat dry-/bitter- (herby?) taste. The dryness stays in your
mouth for a long time. Quite soothy (sort of ashes) but complemented by a
coastal saltyness. This whisk(e)y is rather powerful albeit it's
"low" cask strength. this is a really good value whisk(e)y,
especially when concidering it's a once-off and very limited!
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