Cask No. 18.54 16 – 20 years Water delivered more fruity notes

Water delivered more fruity notes with sliced mango and kiwis before floral scents introduced flowerbeds rich in lavender bushes

In a short break you order an Amontillado sherry served straight out of the barrel and noted down with chalk on the bar with the rest of your bill

There was also a hint of seafood (fruits de mer)

perhaps venison or pork with devilishly tempting juicy crackling that had been singed to charcoal along its edges

Cask No. 18.54 16 – 20 years Water delivered more fruity notesFor us it was not love at first sight, or should we say sniff? but it's worth getting to know better. Briny, smoky aromas arrived next to rubber on hot asphalt, as well as a strong Assam tea this was spicy and malty. On the palate some found it slightly dirty, dry and yeasty, but with impressions of dark chocolate shavings, a coffee cake and a chilli spice. With water one Panellist cleaned the vinyl seat of a Trabant (a classic East German car) before