Proprietary Cocktail No. 28 (The Good Spirits Co.)

(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual 10th Birthday Whisky Tasting, 4th June 2021). £20 for a 20cl bottle Nose: Chocolate, rum, banana, sweet raisins and sultanas Palate: Sherry, cherries/plums, citrus, orange zest Finish: Medium finish, leather, oak, dry sherry, tobacco GSC sell this as a cocktail, but it’s almost entirely a Solera style whisky (living cask) with the occasional addition of a sweet wine or sherry to allow them to keep selling it under Scottish licensing laws! There are a lot of layers to this - you can really taste it’s ‘mongrel’ nature! This current batch is mostly (c3/5) Linkwood 11y/o, with a little sweet wine and added to the other 2/5 of the Solera that was remaining in the barrel. This is a tasty Solera cocktail/whisky. Prior to the recent addition of the Linkwood 11y/o, the barrel had also had; Teaninich 10y/o 2009 Arran 2010 Teaspoon Balvenie Burnside Tullibardine Strathmill 1990 Glen Ord Bunnahabhain 27y/o …so, some pretty fantastic drams went into this Solera! Came fifth out of the six drams, with 4% (2 votes) of the final vote for favourite of the night. 81% (38 votes) of those present said they enjoyed the whisky.