2021 Whisky Drinks List
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The Rumblie Guest House Whisky Bar List 2021 3:00pm to 10:30pm Only drinks purchased here may be consumed in the public areas. Drinks from the bar can only be served by Simon or Fiona Whisky Bar List Welcome to The Rumblie Guest House Whisky Bar List The range of whisky changes throughout the year and we may not have some of those listed and some may not be listed as they were added during the year. Pricing To make pricing easier to follow we have price banded all the spirits as follows A- £3.00 B- £3.75 C- £4.00 D- £4.50 E- £5.00 F- £6.00 G- £8.00 Whisky Tasting If you are interested in a whisky tasting we have listed the standard tastings below. Do let us know as soon as possible that you would like one to allow some time for setting up. Whisky Bar List Whisky Bar List Scottish Whisky - Whisky Regions Map Whisky Bar List Scottish Whisky - Whisky Flavour Wheel Whisky Bar List Dalwhinnie Whisky 25ml Dalwhinnie (dal-whin-nay) 15 Year Single Malt 43% ABV £3.75 Colour: Yellow gold. Nose: Wholemeal, honey and toffee. Taste: heather, honey cinnamon, vanilla, citrus-fruit, malted bread. Finish: Long smooth, lingering malt. B Dalwhinnie (dal-whin-nay) Distillers Edition 43% ABV £5.00 Colour: Golden. Nose: Fragrance of Oloroso sherry, heather honey notes. Taste: Nutmeg, malt, Cinnamon, raisins, honey. Finish: Rich & Long honey finish with hints of sweet oak. E Dalwhinnie (dal-whin-nay) Winters Gold (Launched 2015) 43% ABV £3.00 The spirit is made between October and March in Scotlands highest and coldest distillery. Selected by Dr Craig Wilson Diageo’s Master Blender. Colour: Golden. Nose: Sweet vanilla and honeyed malt, mandarin orange. Taste: Mild syrupy mouthfeel, still smooth. Peppery, B ginger, some drying oak spice, a lovely balance of orange and honey coated in a sweet barley sugar. Finish: A pleasingly long finish, malty, orange, honey and slowly fading and slightly drying oak spice. Dalwhinnie (dal-whin-nay) Lizzies Dram (2018) 43% ABV £5.00 After 31 years’ service at working in the warehouse, mash house and the still house Liz Stewart - or ‘Lizzie’ as she’s known retired in 2018. In E recognition of her dedicated service and iconic role as Scotland’s first female operator, with the launch of a new exclusive distillery bottling aptly entitled ‘Lizzie’s Dram’. Matured in refill American White Oak casks. Colour: Golden. Nose: Sweet malt and apples. Taste: Mulled orange notes, oak rich and fruity. Finish: A pleasingly long finish Dalwhinnie (dal-whin-nay) Rare Managers Dram 57.5% ABV £8.00 This is the rare Manager's Dram series of single malt. This delicious Dalwinnie is non chill- filtered. Nose: Lots of vanilla, with a pure sugary sweetness. Beeswax and acacia honey and G light lavender notes. Palate: Barley and oats with a malty sweetness. A bit of leather cut with citrus, developing into softer baked fruit. Finish: This is short with a soft sweetness. Overall: A soft, summery whisky, lighter than the standard expression. Whisky Bar List Highland Whisky 25ml Old Pulteney (poolt-ni) 12 Year Single Malt 40% ABV £3.75 Est. 1826 Owned by Inver House Colour: Deep amber, red gold . Nose: Medium to high intensity and complexity. Dry with a hint of sea air. Taste: Dry, medium bodied and smooth, faintly salty with a slight sherry note. Elegant touches of smoke and peat, dry banana skin & B citrus Finish: A clean dry finish. Glendronach (glen-dro-nack)15 Year Revival Single Malt 40% ABV £4.50 Est 1826 Owned by Benriach– One of the first licenced distilleries founded in 1826. This whisky is matured in Oloroso sherry casks. Colour: Deep gold with a lovely mahogony heart. Nose: Incredible concentration of aromas. Treacle toffee and chocolate orange. D Taste: A very dynamic and full bodied dram for its age. Chewy with coffee chocolate and treacle scones. Finish A veritable feast to enliven the senses. Oban (oa-bun)14 Year Single Malt 43% ABV £3.75 Est. 1794 Owned by Diageo - Colour: Olive gold. Nose: Rich sweetness and oranges, lemons and pears, sea-salt and peaty smokiness. Body: Full, rich. Taste: Late autumn B fruits - dried figs and honey-sweet spices; then a smoky malty dryness. Finish: Long, smooth-sweet finish with oak-wood, dryness and a grain of salt. Oban (oa-bun) Distillers Edition Single Malt 43% ABV £5.00 Est. 1794 Owned by Diageo Finished in Montilla Fino sherry casks. Colour: gold. Nose: Malty start, then sweet, fruity peaches on syrup, honey and drier, seaweed, manzanilla sherry. Hints of smoke. Palate: oily, sweet. Rich nutty and malty flavours, with E notes of tobacco, chocolate and spices (nutmeg). Finish: medium length, chocolate, vanilla, pepper. drier and slightly peaty in the end. Old Fettercairn (fett-er-cairn) 12 Year Single Malt 40% ABV £3.75 Est.1824 Owned by Whyte & Mackay Colour: Medium gold. Nose: Light, stimulating fresh aroma with a hint of nutmeg. Taste: Nutty dryness, yet fresh with a toffeeish sweetness. Beautifully balanced. Finish: Medium length. Sweet, nutty, dry. B Whisky Bar List Highland Whisky 25ml Tomatin (to-mat-in) Legacy Single Malt 43% ABV £3.00 Est. 1897 Owned by Takara Shuzo co.-Nose: Lemon, and pine forest. Slightly green with vanilla. Taste: Cracked pepper, sweet barley with pineapple cube sweets. Warming oak beneath. Finish: Sweet but peppered. A Cù Bòcan Single Malt 46% ABV £3.75 Est. 1897 Owned by Takara Shuzo co. (Non Chill Filtered) Cù Bòcan is a mythical hellhound. Tomatin produced this lightly peated whisky, matured in a combination of ex bourbon, ex sherry & virgin oak casks Nose Initially hit with coconuts and cream with some B botanic notes, parsley & coriander. The smoke emerges, drifting past the nose. A mix of lime, grapefruit & tangerines with almond & aniseed. Taste Initially feather light, followed by a honeyed smoke; toasted almonds. The rich spice of cloves, cinnamon & star anise create an enigmatic elegance. Finish Light with a hint of sweet smoke. Cù Bòcan 2006 Vintage Special Edition Single Malt 46% ABV £4.00 Est. 1897 Owned by Takara Shuzo co.- (Non Chill Filtered) Cù Bòcan is a mythical hellhound. Distilled using peated barley (not a common thing - they only distil peated barley for two weeks each year!) aged in a combination of Sherry and bourbon casks. Nose: C Flamed orange peel, oatcakes and bread 'n' butter pudding. Palate: BBQ embers followed by honey and stick Oloroso. Finish: Quite long and richly smoky. The Deanston (deen-stun) Virgin Oak 44% ABV £3.75 Est 1965 Owned by Distell Int. Ltd. Deanston Virgin Oak is made with young whisky & finished in brand new oak casks from Kentucky. Certified Organic and they power their distillery using hydro energy, So a feel good dram in the hand. Nose: Fresh citrus, honeyed barley ginger lemongrass. Palate: Toffee sweets pop up first, followed by a dollop B of cream and oak nutmeg notes. Finish: Oak spices on the finish. Aberfeldy (ah-bur-fell-dee) 12 Year Single Malt 40% ABV £3.75 Est. 1898 Owned by John Dewer & Son (Bacardi Ltd) - Colour: Warm Gold. Nose: Rich, perfumed aroma, rounded & heather, honey, notes of melon, butter toffee, toast cereal & vanilla. Taste: Great depth, sweet golden syrup and honey, spices, orange peel & apple. Finish: Glorious, perfume characteristics become more spicy, with a zesty hint of B orange peel in a dry finish. Whisky Bar List North Highland Whisky The Dalmore (dal-moor) Cigar Malt Reserve 44% ABV £4.50 Est. 1839 Owned by Whyte & Mackay Ltd Nose: Toffee chocolate, cardamom Palate: Rounded sweet mint chocolate oak frame liquorice and raisins. Finish: Reasonably simple, orange Zest and clove with a touch of cinnamon. (Not always available) D The Dalmore 12 Year Single Malt 40% ABV £3.75 Est. 1839 Owned by Whyte & Mackay Ltd —Nose: Orange dark chocolate & marzipan. Taste: Citrus, Christmas Cake, coffee, cinnamon. Finish: Orange Vanilla & chocolate. B Dalmore (dal-moor) Millennium Release 57.7% ABV £8.00 Est. 1839 Owned by Whyte & Mackay Ltd (1263 Custodian Bottle) A truly special release to Dalmore Custodians Members. This bottling was aged initially in ex-bourbon American oak, final finish in a Matusalem oloroso sherry cask. Just 421 G bottles were released . Nose : Caramelised orange, sweet pear and ripe mango. Palate: Toffee apple, pineapple and Madeira cake Finish: Muscovado, roast coffee and cocoa (These retail now at over £500 per bottle) Glenmorangie (glen-mor-run-jee) Quinta Ruban 14 Year 46% ABV £4.00 Est. 1843 Owned by Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Glenmorangie’s Quinta Ruban 14 year is new for 2020 as previously a 12 year old. Bottled at a higher strength. Aroma: Seville oranges and walnut build into rich dark chocolate, sandalwood spicy pepper. C Taste: Notes of mint chocolate, walnuts and orange develop Turkish delight and summer flowers, and rich dark chocolate-enrobed walnuts. Raisins, lemony-rose, crystallised orange segments, Finish: Lingering memories of dark minty chocolate and orange. Glenmorangie (glen-mor-run-jee) Bacalta 46% ABV £4.00 Est. 1843 Owned by Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton . Bacalta is the eight release in Glenmorangie's annual Private Edition series. Finished in casks which were seasoned with Malmsey Madeira Casks. Nose : Fragrant, honeyed, sweet, with ripe apricots, and white C chocolate. Taste: Mint toffee, caramelised oranges, baked apricot lead to honeycomb, almonds and dates. Finish: Rich and syrupy, with caramelised citrus and pears fading to fudge and mint. Whisky Bar List Highland Whisky 25ml Glen Ord 15 Year Single Malt 50% ABV £5.00 Est. 1838 Owned by Diageo -Special Bottling non Chilled filtered no caramel.