Lowrie’s Reserve Blended Scotch

Lowrie’s Reserve Blended Scotch 45.7% 70cl

A wonderful blended whisky made by Thompson Bros in Dornoch. 

The recipe here began with three casks of a sherried blended whisky to which they added a couple of barrels of 11-year-old Speyside single malt and some long-aged, well developed grain whisky which accounts for about 21% of the total volume, making this a malt-heavy blend. 

Producer tasting note:

Nose: Pear drops. pastis, white grapes, hops, galia melon, toffee popcorn, Fresh parsley, hay bales, bay leaf, honeycomb (brittle), flumps, white miso paste, and nightshade (tomato plant)

Palate: toffee brittle, caramelised malt, almond nougat, strawberry, wild herbs, orange marmalade, lemon cough sweets, oak spice, cloves, charred peaches.

Finish: orange bitters, clove oil, ginger roots and gentle salinity.