2.138 Raisin Toffee Jam

Scotch Malt Whisky Society cask 2.138, Raisin Toffee Jam, is a single cask Speyside single malt Scotch whisky from distillery code 2, Glenlivet. Distilled on 15 March 2007, it matured for 16 years in a first-fill Oloroso butt, which yielded 527 bottles at 55% ABV in a 700ml bottle. The Society places it in its Deep, rich & dried fruits flavour profile. Its tasting panel found cake and raisins on the nose and a jammy, spiced palate, opening with water into toffee popcorn, fudge and orange.

Tasting Notes: Raisins, dark cherry jam, brown sugar and mulling spice, with toffee and orange.

Nose: Madeira cake dunked in red wine, with a bag of raisins.

Palate: Jammy black cherries and sticky brown sugar, mulling spices, dark chocolate and spiced orange; water brings toffee popcorn, fudge, orange fondant and grape must, then sherry flor, cherry wood, melon and caramel churros.

Serve: Neat, or with a few drops of water to open it up.