Taste: Roderick Dhu blend
You can read about the tour itself right here. It offers a fantastic contrast from working distilleries you will experience when on Speyside. These have become computerised and devoid of working men, whereas Dallas Dhu is all about the labour of love and sustained human effort. Now, I digress as really we're here for another taste review! So lets being by opening up this bottle!
Distillery: It is a blend so several
Distilled: No Age Statement
Bottled: No Age Statement
Strength: 40%
Cask Type: unknown
Cask Numbers: n/a
Additional:
Price: £20
Bottled: No Age Statement
Strength: 40%
Cask Type: unknown
Cask Numbers: n/a
Additional:
Price: £20
Colour: A very pale muted hay
Nose: The presence of grain is quickly identified as the backbone of this blend; coconut, vanilla, whipped cream. Generally inoffensive, sweet and very short, it suggests an easy drinking blend.
Mouth: Very little in the form of distinctive flavours here. Great as a starting point for anyone new to whisky, those looking for a little more punch or flavour emphasis look elsewhere. Normally with blends the ratio is 50-60% however I'd suspect the ratio is much higher here. The only thing it reminds me of is the Famous Snow Grouse blend made purely from grain.
Verdict: Perhaps sitting at the end of the Dallas Dhu experience, in the impressive visitors area and bar, influenced my senses as I remember this blend being much better. In the last year my tasting experience has grown and while blends can offer great, unique opportunities this isn't the case here. If this is a reasonable replica of a historical blend then I can taste why it was so popular. It is very inoffensive, easy to drink in large quantities and maybe there is just a teaspoon of Dallas Dhu here, who knows?
If you do fancy checking out a historical blend then try the recent (and excellent) Hankey Bannister Heritage offering, released earlier this year instead.
Nose: The presence of grain is quickly identified as the backbone of this blend; coconut, vanilla, whipped cream. Generally inoffensive, sweet and very short, it suggests an easy drinking blend.
Mouth: Very little in the form of distinctive flavours here. Great as a starting point for anyone new to whisky, those looking for a little more punch or flavour emphasis look elsewhere. Normally with blends the ratio is 50-60% however I'd suspect the ratio is much higher here. The only thing it reminds me of is the Famous Snow Grouse blend made purely from grain.
Verdict: Perhaps sitting at the end of the Dallas Dhu experience, in the impressive visitors area and bar, influenced my senses as I remember this blend being much better. In the last year my tasting experience has grown and while blends can offer great, unique opportunities this isn't the case here. If this is a reasonable replica of a historical blend then I can taste why it was so popular. It is very inoffensive, easy to drink in large quantities and maybe there is just a teaspoon of Dallas Dhu here, who knows?
If you do fancy checking out a historical blend then try the recent (and excellent) Hankey Bannister Heritage offering, released earlier this year instead.