Ballantine's 21 Year Old / 70cl

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Taste: Rich and slightly oily. Toffee and caramel commence proceedings and are married very nicely with oranges, citrus peels and a scattering of fresh berries. Spicing is much more perceptible now, and favours the bitter side of things. It delivering cloves, nutmeg and a salty tang. Bitterness is balanced by a large dollop of honey, slightly heathery, but sweet enough to offset some of the heady spices. Smoke is still present, but appears as cask char rather than anything overtly phenolic. The addition of water (it doesn’t take too much, so be particularly sparing) adds a lovely salted caramel flavour as well as general creaminess. The Service has been prepared by us solely for information purposes to Members and the Service is based on information we consider reliable and we obtain the contents of the Service from a number of different third party sources (including Contributions), but we do not endorse, support, represent, warrant or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of the Services and any information therein. That however, was long before I drank their 21 year old expression. As it turns out, this is an excellent whisky. I sincerely hope none of it was spilled one that faithful night in the winter of 2013. Ballantine’s 21 Years Old (43%, OB)Without prejudice to the section Liability below, the Service may be temporarily unavailable during maintenance, updates, etc. We shall make reasonable efforts to inform you of any unavailability due to maintenance or updates. In 1827, George Ballantine established a grocery store in Edinburgh. His products included a range of whiskies and spirits. George set up a new store in Glasgow in 1865, which he deemed a more profitable location. Whilst he appointed his son Archibald to run the Edinburgh operations. At this time George Ballantine began creating his own blends. If we decide not to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms, such decision shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Having now finished the book, I’m still unclear who the Popelicans were, and whether or not they were delivered. I can confirm there was no further mention of said Ballantine’s twelve in the story. Anyhow, perhaps inspired by the numerological significance of the inverse digits, I suddenly recalled my twenty-one patiently waiting for me in the cupboard at home. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, the remainder of the Terms shall continue in full force and effect.