Cask No. 156.8 Highland the smell of damp earth

the smell of damp earth surrounds you

dry farmhouse cider and freshly made ginger beer

The mouth was instantly spicy and bristling with red chilli

The palate sweetened up to apple strudel and vanilla-flavoured rice pudding with cinnamon-flavoured gum

A trickle of water pulled forward lime pastilles and elderflower as we walked into a botanical garden's hothouse

Cask No. 156.8 Highland the smell of damp earthThe initial nose proffered many lemons! Lemon bonbons, limoncello, lemon curd, lemon drizzle cake, lemon barley water. After many groves of lemons were snuffled through, we also detected aniseed balls, virgin olive oil, and strawberries and cream. Water brought out tea tree oil, custard powder, bergamot, lemon thyme and wee minty hints. The palate, when neat, was superbly mouthcoating, with shortbread, tart au citron (more lemons, really), some