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CASK NO. 94.31

Ice cream by candlelight

£79.90
  • ABV 54.0%
  • Age 13 years
  • DISTILLED DATE 9/1/2009
  • CASK TYPE 1st fill ex-px barrique
  • REGION Highland
Back Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

Walnuts and caramel wafers were served with vanilla ice cream and butterscotch on ripe banana, with a dash of rum and pink peppercorns in a soft leather bag. On the palate, the ice cream joined whipped cream, salted peanuts and chestnuts, while hot cross bun spices merged with gooseberries, maraschino cherries and marmalade. With water came puffs from a snuffed candle and freshly baked bread alongside raisins, almonds and scorched orange skin. Flavours of gingerbread and hazelnut praline now joined Turkish delight plus church candles melting on to fresh pine wood. After 10 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, this was transferred to a first fill Pedro Ximénez barrique.

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SOCIETY STRIKES GOLD IN INTERNATIONAL SPIRITS CHALLENGE




SMWS scores best-ever result with five Golds and a Silver in ISC competition 2023.

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s award-winning streak of success continues, with a record haul of five Gold medals in the International Spirits Challenge (ISC), along with one Silver.

The Society’s winning entries were:

Cask No. 36.193: Juggling oranges in a humidor: GOLD

Cask No. 94.31: Ice cream by candlelight: GOLD

Cask No. 35.331: Life-changing magnificence: GOLD

Cask No. 41.157: Pine nut croissants: GOLD

Cask No. 3.341: Spirit of gratitude and benevolence: GOLD

Cask No. 4.345: Beach bonfire at sundown: SILVER

The International Spirits Challenge medals bring the Society’s total number of awards since 2018 to 297.

The ISC is now in its 28th year of promoting outstanding quality spirits from across the globe. The competition receives thousands of entries from over 70 countries worldwide, making it a truly global competition. Winners are established through a rigorous judging process, with a highly controlled operation held over 12 days of intense blind tastings by panels of more than 50 respected and experienced industry professionals. Each product is blind tasted and awarded a score for its aroma, appearance, taste and finish.

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