These old The Whisky Agency bottlings were released in Taiwan in collaboration with ART, a group in Taiwan. I usually see ART with The Whisky Agency and their bottles usually don't follow the themed-sequential characteristics of most The Whisky Agency bottlings. These early 2013 ones had story book characters on them (checkout #starvinggigologlenscotia). Quite hard to find.

Nose: apple jolly rancher, apple candy, little bit of cotton candy, with time there is paper, soy sauced simmered pork, gets more savory with time.

Palate: medium body, a little dry, initial palate is oily syrup, mid palate gets sweeter, hints of soot, honey smoke or smoked honey, white chocolate, diluted caramel, back palate shows some juicy chocolate. The smokey elements are strongest on the mid while the omniscient chocolate peaks on the back palate.

Finish: medium to long, majority is chocolate, backup dancers of smoked crackers, overall a chocolate sweetness that integrates some minor flavors flavors.

Quite nice, didn't show the major sweet and fruity elements I've come to expect from Longmorn, but this one is quite sweet but from a chocolate approach. Not intense, evenly distributed, especially in the finish.

Image courtesy of Eric Yee.

Eric Yee

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