Adelphi Loyal Old Mature Private Stock
40% ABV - Scotland
Nose: Light fruits, caramels, and distant oak.
Taste: Hard-candy caramels, wine-soaked fruits, and a bitter dryness. Cherry-lemon cake.
Finish: Short and drying, with fruits… and lemon. Smoke fades in.
This bottle is also fondly known as the "Dancey Man" for the silly, old caricature that adorns the label. We first tasted this at The Strath’s Dram Association whisky tasting. I can’t remember if we tasted it blind! My wife really liked this bottle and we purchased it the same evening—it’s a very good value for the price.
I must admit that I haven’t had too much of this and it is firmly within the territory of a "heel"—that’s when you have 3 or 4 fingers of whisky left in the bottle. Happy to enjoy this hobby with my wife… but it does make the tastier bottles go down a wee bit faster, ha!
Details: Blended Scotch Whisky. The Adelphi "Dancey Man", a mid-19th Century cartoon, depicts Sir William Gladstone, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, performing an energetic Pas de Bas over an ear of barley, to celebrate the passing of a new law that revenue could only be raised on the amount of whisky left in each cask after maturation, and not the level that it was originally filled to. With the penalties for long term maturation lifted, Scorch whisky was kept in cakes until it was truly fit to consume.
Tasting Notes (Official): A remarkably smooth and honey-sweet blend with hints of the sea, chili pepper, walnuts and distant peat fires.
Tasted 04 July 2022. (Posted 08 January 2023.)
