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Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition Blended Whisky - 70cl - 50% ABV - A Marriage of the Finest Single Malts - Small Batch Cutty Sark Whisky - Perfect Whisky Gift

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The famous whisky is actually named after the Cutty Sark tea clipper, which was known for being the fastest of its day. On the nose: salted caramel fudge matched with some light shiny grain notes. A hearty mix combined with the aroma of cardboard recycling out in the rain. A couple of drops of water seems to increase the ethanol notes, giving a pleasant pepper spice. Mad Men airs for the first time on television with several appearances from Cutty Sark over its seven seasons Cutty Sark represents the pinnacle of clipper ship design and was one of the fastest ships of its day. Aged 14 years, Cutty Sark started recording remarkably fast passage times, under her Master Richard Woodget, and became the dominant ship in bringing wool from Australia to England. So let's start with the nose. The nose reminded me of Glengoyne 10 to which you would add a hint of Clynelish 14 and grain. Then you have some vanilla, crystallized sugar and a whiff of smoke. With air vanilla and sugar increase and smoke decrease but you get some wood and spices.

Little did they know that, 100 years later, this same pioneering spirit shows no sign of being diminished. Now under the ownership of French spirits powerhouse La Martiniquaise-Bardinet, Cutty Sark celebrated its centenary in style this September, with a global gathering held at the brand’s spiritual home: the museum for the famous tea clipper ship of the same name, a ship which still proudly adorns the label, on the bank of the River Thames in Greenwich, South London. The event gave time for the assembled guests – travelling from as far afield as Japan and the USA – to reflect on quite how influential Cutty Sark whisky has been historically around the world.Frantically pouring a much more filling follow-up glass, this boat is no longer sinking but crashing through the waves of my first draft review. I should point out that the Tea Clipper boat “Cutty Sark” doesn’t do any of this any more as it calmly rests at the Royal Museum in Greenwich, London. Cutty Sark was built for the China tea trade but would carry a vast array of cargoes during its career. Cutty Sark carried almost 10 million lbs of tea between 1870 and 1877. Despite prohibition in the US at the time, Cutty Sark whisky became popular, smuggled in as an alternative to moonshine. We may, but are not under any obligation, to release new functionalities and tools or other features for the Service every now and then. Any new functionalities, tools and features shall be part of and governed by the Terms from the moment they are launched and/or available. Further, we reserve the right to modify, change, discontinue the Service, add or remove features, update the Service, change its appearance, temporarily and permanently, at any time, in whole or any part thereof. The Prohibition – the so-called Noble Experiment – was repealed in 1933. This Cutty Sark was released exactly 80 years after that repeal, in 2013. Cutty Sark was one of the few whisky’s that you could actually enjoy – illicitly of course – in the so-called speak easy clubs. This Cutty Sark is bottled at a higher alcohol strengt hand matured completely on American oak.

Teacher's Highland Cream and Cutty Sark at Charlie's Tavern, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948. Finish: Medium to long on toffee and caramel with hints of cinnamon, salt and smoke. Water lengthens the finish, making it woodier and more drying.

The name ‘Cutty Sark’ comes from an archaic Scottish term for a short shirt of nightdress. It is what Nannie the witch wore in the poem Tam O’ Shanter by Robert Burns. Cutty Sark the Tea Clipper David Lloyd George served as the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1908 to 1915 and Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922. He was a teetotal prohibition advocate who saw alcohol as an impediment to success in World War I. Prohibitionists like him argued that workers in munitions factories were drinking undiluted underaged whisky like water and it was affecting their productivity. This led to fights between the government and the whisky industry over spirits duties, bottling strengths, and the minimum age of whisky. As this whisky opened the balance get better but it is still too sweet for me, but it will charmed those with a sweet tooth. The heavy notes are splendid, the malt is lighter than the Glengoyne 10 and doesn't play with a bitter note like the Glen, but the fruits are more opened specially with air. The finish is all on the sugar with a little fire of alcohol that brings some spices.

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