Glen Keith 28, 1988-2017, Càrn Mòr Bequest, Bourbon barrel no. 26685, 226 bottles, 42.1% abv.

Morrison & MacKay, who used to be called  Scottish Liqueur Centre, has a Càrn Mòr range in their portfolio. Càrn Mòr is separated into 4 types so far: Strictly Limited is for those bottled at 46%, Celebration of the Cask is for those bottled at cask strength, Black Gold is for those that are heavily sherried, and Bequest is basically for Asia.

Nose: old cherries, a little bit of cough syrup, herbal, herbal tea leaves (not green, not chrysanthemum, not red), honey dew melon, honey dew rind. With time there are more obvious sweet, tropical melon notes.

Palate: not a lot of flavor, well bodied, initial palate is sour, mid palate becomes dry and spicey, back palate has melon smoke, light bread, hints of vanilla. After a good amount of time it is more sweet, of the melon variety.

Finish: medium to long, light honey dew melon perfume. With time it seems to become more dry.

Dry glass: wax.

The bartender recommended this tasting with its sister cask 26684. This one seemed a little light, perhaps the abv influenced it? Didn't really taste anything until the back palate, before that it was all texture and sensation, but relatively flavor-free. But after a good amount of time (i.e. long time), the melon sweetness came out. I could tell there is a variety of stuff going on, but it's too subtle for me, this and the sister cask which I will post later.

Grade: C+

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