Imperial 27 50,2 % 1998 2025 A Dream of Scotland BW, WB274788, straw-coloured

Wow Imperial in Carron, a back and forth of openings, closures and reopenings. Now closed and has made way for Dalmunach.

Nose: Candy shop, fruit sweets of all kinds, candy floss, lightly burnt caramel, banana, banana bread, fresh coconut pralines as if from the oven, other baked goods, light-coloured pastries, apple strudel, but also cinnamon pastries such as Franzbrötchen (cinnamon rolls), yeast dough, ginger sweets, forest floor, moss, coconut pralines such as Raffaello, other light-coloured fruits, apricot peach notes.
 

Palate: White pepper, cinnamon spiciness, rancid nuts, walnut, Brazil nut,

more pepper, black. Interesting, two three drops of water killed the whisky, no water, otherwise it becomes very flat and only tastes like a woody drink, badly matured white wine from the supermarket for 1.99 Silvaner. So without water, spiciness: almost like chilli.

Finish: tannins, oak, warming, but also bitter.
Somewhat disappointed.
 

88/100