Product Description
In keeping with our brand philosophy of staying curious and delivering a variety of whisky adventures, Slippers 'N' Chill is a new whisky that stands apart from our regular offerings of cask strength bottlings.
Our Whisky Team has created and bottled Slippers 'N' Chill at a slightly reduced strength (48% abv), in order to offer a choice to any of our members who may sometimes prefer a slightly lighter style of whisky, and allowing them to try an alternative to our usual cask strength drams as part of their journey of discovery. This is not about 'watering down' or diluting our product, but simply about exploring alternative ways to enjoy our whisky and giving our members a choice in the strength of their dram.
Tasting Notes
Initial nosing revealed bags of dates, dark fruit chutneys, big earthy notes, toasted walnuts and pipe tobaccos. We also detected cocoa nibs and game broth. A superbly umami and rich style of sherry, we agreed. With water we found buttered brown toast, dark chocolate sauce with a hint of sea salt and pickled walnuts. The neat palate was powerful and spicy, with some dense, sticky sherry notes such as old VORS cream sherry, before it was back to the earthy and gamey qualities. Reduction brought out clove-studded oranges, leaf mulch and classical, deep rancio notes.