{"id":1343,"date":"2017-10-23T12:53:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T10:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anglarnasandel.se\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2017-11-04T12:54:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T11:54:16","slug":"monkey-shoulder-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anglarnasandel.se\/?p=1343&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Monkey Shoulder"},"content":{"rendered":"

General facts<\/em>: This is a blended malt Scotch whisky, which means that it consists of malt whisky from different Scottish distilleries (Glenfiddich, Kininvie and Balvenie, to be exact) and is bottled by\u00a0William Grant & Sons. The whisky from the three distilleries is matured in bourbon casks and has been married together in a vatting tun for three months prior bottling. This specific bottling is batch number 27, and since the ABV is at 40% I dare assuming the whisky has been chill-filtered. Don’t know if artificial colouring has been added. Interesting fact – \u201cMonkey shoulder<\/a>\u201d is from the beginning the name of the injury many of the men got when turning the malted barely on the malting floor. \u00a0A bottle costs around \u00a330 and this specific sample is a cute little mini bottle I picked up for a pound or two in Great Britain.<\/p>\n

Nose<\/em>: Slightly perfumed, a lot of fresh apple, some sweet waffles and a touch of syrup. Fresh pear and also some whiteboard pen. A lot of fresh fruit overall, and a pretty compact nose actually. Almost a bit oily, in a way. Oh, and an earthy note too, but in a good way. This is a classic, fruity but robust nose. Not super complex, but it smells pretty nice. With water there’s less ”apple bomb” and more sheer floral notes with more vanilla emerging. Pleasant!<\/p>\n

Taste<\/em>: A lot of vanilla, some oakiness, and then caramel. Really ripe, fresh fruits but also some cooked vegetables. Think sweet, boiled carrots! Oily with rose peppers, both fruity niceties and a bit of earthy dirtiness going on at the same time. A bit of malt sweetness, kind of like sweet bread (Swedish syrup loaf!) After adding some water the whisky dies a bit, and is mostly transformed into an \u00fcber kind vanilla-fudge-whisky without much character.\u00a0 When adding some more whisky to the glass the Monkey Shoulder makes a comeback with less oak, more creamy vanilla (vanilla ice-cream) and that rose pepper note I find really pleasant, but also in teh company of some orange.<\/p>\n

Finish<\/em>: A whole lot of oily oak, but also vanilla sweetness and a sort of fat mouth feel of the aftertaste, which is medium long. The peppery note stays the longest together with something reminiscent of bay leaves, actually.<\/p>\n

This was a classic, straight forward and tasty. Not really complex and the whisky couldn’t quite take much water either, but I’d be happy to have a Monkey Shoulder again since I was surprised in a good way by this dram (call me old-fashioned but I didn’t really like the PR-gimmicks with people being photographed in cages and\u00a0what-have-you-not). However, since it doesn’t really matter what I thing of the marketing I’ll stick to my opinions on the whisky, and as an simple but pleasant every-day-dram I’ll give Monkey Shoulder two thumbs up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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