Cask No. 18.38 XO liquorice and aniseed – the

liquorice and aniseed – the finish is charred oak and smoke

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Through the final cream sherry chicane then across the line

pasta water and rose cordial

Happy Fourth of July

Cask No. 18.38 XO liquorice and aniseed – theCask No. 18. 38 The happy ponderer Speyside, Spey A pure, punchy and wonderfully naked example of this underrated and charismatic distillate. The nose showed initial notes of fresh paint, metal polish, soot coal scuttles and more fragrant notes of soft waxes, gorse bushes, balsa wood and oily canvass. Water brought out chalky notes, pithy lime zest, herbal medicines, dried mint, camphor and white mushrooms with a petrichor earthiness. The neat palate