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Quick hit review. Some of the independent bottlers offer impressive value bottles, and this Berry Bros. & Rudd is a great example. Nutty sherry notes characterize the nose, emphasizing figs, dates and hints of tobacco. The juicy and spicy arrival is followed by stewed fruits, walnuts and white pepper. Easy drinking, and there is nothing wrong with that. Raisins, nutmeg and a touch of menthol linger in the aftertaste. Decent quality at an affordable price! RATING: 3.4/5.0 stars ≙ 82 pts → ABOVE AVERAGE [-]

Probably not very old, but it's still very lively and refreshing. Being bottled at 44,2% is just about right. Not sure if 46% would have been better, but pretty sure it would have been a dud at 40%. Anyway, I got my bottles at £27 and that is bang for the buck.

Seems to be mainly young Glenrothes. I also categorise Dalmore and Macallan in this style, but Glenrothes is most likely here. This is a style that generally isn't regarded very highly, so I'm surprised by the high scores for this one. I suppose the scceptable price plays a role there.

BOTTLE #3 [Aug 2019] WB83.69[133] One more bottle then, just to make sure! Much like I had with Lidl’s [25yo & > 34yo] Glenalba’s [WB], this short-lived love affair is certainly over. This third bottle is far too young and spirity. Unlike the first two, this one ended up hanging around on the back shelf for some time. Last month I pulled it out to see whether it had rallied. N: Initially, the engineering behind this one’s creation appears very effective [WN], but closer scrutiny reveals the short cuts. It’s pretty basic and needed months of softening. Thankfully by the bottle’s end the nose became more forgiving. Descriptors: [sherry] syrup, bready, sweet & sour vinegar, honeyed husky crushed nuts, tahini, a touch of white spirt-soaked paint brushes,…. T: Whist the nose may have opened up, the arrival on the palate is generally young and nippy yet proved most agreeable to the uninitiated. Though it demonstrates a bitter-sweet profile fairly well, there is a sense of incompletion, something lacking as if it needs blending. So what did I do? I blended it with an older blend, Ralfy-styley [coming up]. F: The finish is fine if short, murky waxy sweet sour and spirity/grainy becoming more mildly sweet-bitter with nutty caramel/molasses-light. C: A fair sherried blended malt for its price point, just no comparison to the first bottle. Scores 79 points However, pour some of this juice into a hip flask and forget about it for three months and hey presto, we’re significantly closer the calibre of the first bottle again! I guess if the industry hasn’t the discipline to wait any longer for their spirit to age, then we’ll have to – or alternatively – look to older juice on the secondary market: https://whiskylovingpianist.wordpress.com/2019/09/09/bottle-polishing-sherried-scotch-old-new/

So I can not understand how you can think of it as a PLV banger. In the nose, I have still held back, but in the mouth is already very young and alcoholic. The sherry keg does not heal anymore either.

I would never buy, as long as there are so many delicious alternatives - that was nothing

More refill than first-fill oriented, wich I like just fine. A bit yeasty and young, but more characterful than the "blended malt" category would have you assume. Reminds me of younger sherried Glenrothes and/or Glenfarclas. Some wood can be detected though, along with assorted nuts and a lactic creaminess (yoghurt?) and slightly acidic berry fruits. All in all, not a bad look. Sweet on the palate with oodles of caramel, but also perhaps a bit watery. Uncomplicated, with restrained wood influence and a soft citric zing. Works just fine but nothing stands out. A session dram if I ever had one. Would be more interesting for under 30 Euros; at this price, there are better alternatives.

Looking at the other reviews and rates I am very much the minority. But all I can do is say how I find it. This was a sample courtesy of Peatbogger.

Blind tasting: Beautiful color, chestnut, inviting Nose: takes some time, caramel, dried fruit, dates, nuts, chocolate, ethereal note, nice sherry nose Taste: sweet on the tongue, immediately nut, pepper, then the spice of European oak, young but not too young Finish: strong contrast, becoming bitter on first tongue contact, intense nut with chilli, only a little fruity and only very short to medium in length I would have guessed a young Edradour or Dalmore, possibly also Glenrothes Conclusion: great sherry profile, alcohol could be better integrated, probably due to the youth After revealing the secret of the bottling, I notice a very good PLV, even if the Cadenhead 12yo batches are slightly ahead of me, especially due to the 83/100 finish

Blender glass Very simple story, but drinkable.

Aroma: sulfur, tobacco, red fruits, chocolate, leather Taste: red fruit, white hard candy, dark chocolate, green tobacco Finish: fruity and bitter Rating: 3

LMDW TASTING NOTE: Nose: rich, candied plums, pine resin, nuts. Palate: balanced, bourbon vanilla, clove, roasted pineapple. Finish: long on dried fruits.

Still a bit immature and metallic. Above all, I miss fruit notes.

Very good sherry matured price/quality.

Lots of sherry on the nose but what stands out most to me is the dark chocolate on the palate. Really lovely, especially for less than 35 euros a bottle.

Berry Bros. & Rudd Classic Sherry Cask, BMSW (44.2%) 30ml sample at home Dec 2022. Extremely dark orange. I can’t say for a second I believe it to be natural. There’s caramel colouring and then there’s this – it looks like a 30 year old Armagnac. Aroma is refill cask woodiness, lightly peachy, some fruit pastilles, faintest faintest struck match, dark wood and cocoa. Body is watery or thinner. Taste is again quite woody, refill bitter wood. Simple woody flavour. Tastes quite cheap, but I actually quite like the vibe given by those old-seeming refill casks – that bitter woodiness. It does remind me of stuff you pick up for £12 a bottle in Lidl though. Not terrible but it’s just a bitter cheap refill NAS blend that’s been tangoed to the max. I’ve had way better blends at half the price, I’m afraid. 2.95/71

I was really looking forward to it because of the descriptions so far, but I'm not entirely convinced: yes, a good blend and clearly Sherry Cask but the Cadenhead 12y # 8 and # 9 coming out of the same league are much better

maybe a nice beginners sherried dram

n: brutal sherry bomb (oloroso/PX), sweet, chocolate, butter, ripe & dried fruits, raisins, fruit cereal stick, malt, ginger, hint of nutmeg & vanilla t: sherry, wood, intense, dry, spicy a: sherry, wood, ripe fruit, long finish

Blind tasting review. Nice sherried blended malt, not too interesting or exciting but great VFM.

Interesting mixture of properties of young and old malts. I really like the old cask note as it balances and outweighs the young brandy flair. Without this grade, I would have only given 70 points.

Personally I just find this a jumbled mess. Nothing is particularly unpleasant I just can't identify anything of any note.

Eyes: Golden Scent Nose: Fruit vinegar, dead wood, soy sauce, damp nuts, expired jam, spoiled fruit, golden jujube and candied fruit. Palate: slightly sour, medium sweet, slightly bitter, tannin, Blueberry toffee, a little dark, a little creamy, some walnut shells, wood finish Finish: medium length, raisins, syrup, charred wood Body: lighter, insufficient oil, more tannins Nose: 80/100 Palate: 83/100 Finish: 82/100 Body: 81/100 Overall: 82/100, so boring wine

Nice sherry whiskey, a little too dry, I miss a little the sweetness

A good whiskey at perhaps a slightly overpriced price. € 30.- would be more appropriate.

Sweet blended malt for a reasonable price (~ 33 Euro). Uncomplicated. Overall complacent.

Pleasant and round sherry whiskey. Relatively simple, but very good value for money.

Smell: strong sherry nose, red cooked fruit, a little chocolate, orange, vanilla, plum jam Taste: red berries, distinct oranges and orange peel (possibly also orange marmalade), quite sweet, a little young as the alcohol is noticeable despite the 44.2%, but not unpleasant Finish: slightly astringent and a really slight bitterness (which I can not classify) I bought the bottle because the frame data for the price seemed pretty neat. If you are looking for a sherry bomb for everyday enjoyment then here are the 34 mice are well laid out. A few percent and an age (or a little more age) would have been nice. There may be more NAS whiskeys like this one here.

Odor: average Bouquet, rather slim on the nose, fine sweetness, overall slightly defensive, according to an astringent note, alcohol quite present, grainy / malty Taste: fine sherry note, alcohol present, again rather lean, decent. Melting, very decent. Vanilla, medium reverberation Color: copper gold, clear, medium. WR Conclusion: good to drink, rather on the slim side with a likely high proportion of refill kegs, which is why the alcohol sometimes comes across a bit too present - but a real snapper for the price!

I still feel that the third batch is better, except that the third batch will have a heavier barrel flavor just after opening the bottle.

Sherry, chocolate, white pepper and a mad PLV. Great Daily Dram!

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