Dirty, funky, peaty single cask highland malt. Quite divisive reviews on this from super high scores to quite low ones - its a love or hate kind of malt. Undisclosed distillery - could be Ben Nevis but usually Ben Nevis allows indie bottlers to name the distillery - please review and give your opinion on what distillery it is. Chapter 7 is an award winning independent bottler from Switzerland with literary references on its bottles - Chapter 7 the name is a reference to Shakespeares play 'As you Like it'. Monologue on the label means it's a single cask.
It was really a beautiful dram. Cask strength. 12 year old Irish. It could have been disappointing, but in no way did it not deliver. Delicious, balanced, Irish.
In my YouTube Review this scored 5 out of 5 for Quality
The pinnacle of the Glendronach core range, the 21 Year Parliament, is a truly amazing dram. My review here: https://engineered.network/whisky/episode-22-glendronach-21-year/
Thank you Horny Pony for helping me try before I buy! (I since bought a bottle of this)
Some lovely ocean spray and subtle smoke on the nose. More of the ocean than the fire on the nose at least. Sweet upfront and then a little prickly, but beautifully done. Apricot jam which reveals freshly cracked black pepper, that smoothens into cured meats and honey. This dram gives a charcuterie board alongside a cigar. A taster is well worthwhile as this has certainly moved me towards buying a bottle.
I've actually been wanting to taste this so I can make up my mind to buy a bottle. When I found your site and saw it had this I immediately bought some tasting samples and absolutely loved it! Will definitely invest in a bottle