Glenmorangie A Midwinter Night's Dram Single Malt Whisky

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On first pour we have an baked apple and orange citrus rich fruit blast, a good pinch of pepper and ginger. High West Distillery is a manufacturer of distilled spirits located in Park City, Utah, United States. As this got to breathe, I got subtle tastes of roasted barley, honey, more green apple skin, cereals, and leather at the end. A Midwinter Night’s Dram, a blend of rye whiskies finished in Port barrels from High West Distillery, is back for its 11th year.

Since the inception of A Midwinter Night's Dram in 2013, whiskey and wine enthusiasts alike have been able to enjoy this port finished rye whiskey in limited bottlings.The stills are pear-shaped, so that all flavors can be passed on to the condensers during distillation. You acknowledge, understand and agree that we are not obligated to review, check or monitor any Contributions, but we may do so. 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. As a Christmas gift of whisky to a loved one I think this works reasonably well, it’s a variation on the Glenmorangie theme, and people wanting to try something a little different to their usual 10 year old may appreciate the change.

If you really made me choose, I liked the how the first glass was put together better (Scene 2), which interestingly (or perhaps more astutely, anecdotally) does agree with my preconceived notion of which Scene I liked better. This lot is being sold by either; 1) a non-UK seller or 2) a VAT Registered Business, and is therefore subject to VAT. The rye forms a beautiful base of vanilla, caramel and cinnamon; the port barrels is enhanced with plums and dried fruits and the French oak provides a spice accent. I can see why a lot of online reviews scored this poorly, but I can also see why some people love this.Coyle said that there was a desire to trim, simplify and expand the brand’s line-up, which meant discontinuing Yippee Ki-Yay – another popular limited release – rebranding its core Bourbon and changing many of the blend recipes to include High West’s own-make rye.

The best way I can describe how I arrived at this finding is that all the same puzzle pieces were there in both glasses - they just fit together in different ways and at different times. For us, A Midwinter Night's Dram tastes like a proper Christmas plum pudding with lovely mulling spices, dried fruits, and crème anglaise. It was so cold and freezing that we avoided a snowmargeddon only because we didn’t have precipitation at the same time.Underripe apricots, ginger poached pears, soft licorice, apple butter on fresh bread, Earl Grey tea, a cedar box, geraniums after a spring rain. Deep inhales back and forth between both glasses likely make me look rather insane, but they also reveal that this glass has just a bit more bite, effervescence and creamy clout.

Gather 'mongst thy family and friends, and raise thy glass to winters that are "Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night. I've covered why the specific scene you have doesn't really matter for each act, I've ranked flights of acts over time, and I've of course dove deep on the whiskey before. Rendezvous Rye, in turn, is the base of Midwinter Night’s Dram before it is finished in Tawny and Ruby Port barrels. Longtime Midwinter drinkers claim to notice a significant difference between those earlier releases and Acts 8 and beyond (me among them, to be transparent). There’s noticeable rye spice here from the base of Rendezvous Rye, enough that it’s possible to differentiate the 95/5 mash bill MGP whiskey from the 80/20 in-house High West distillate.Those readers fearing that the entirety of this review would be written in iambic pentameter can now breathe a sigh of relief. Another sip is similarly composed in its simplicity with a fruit triangle elongating towards certain corners at times. We recommend that you enjoy this special spirit neat, due to its many layers of complexity, next to a warm fire as the snow piles up on the window sill. Like a proper holiday plum pudding, it's brimming with lovely mulling spices, dried fruits, and crème anglaise.