Lindores Single Cask PX Quarter Cask Soho Whisky Club Exclusive (2024) 70cl

Lindores Single Cask PX Quarter Cask Soho Whisky Club Exclusive 70cl

1 of only 161 bottles - Currently only 14 remain  when they’re gone they’re gone!

Do you want something spectacular? Sure you do. We all do. This is one of those. At a high strength also which means 25ml poured out and 5 of water would still be enough to have it laugh off the water but be an absolute delight to drink. That is about 28 singles at £3.21 per serving. 4 dollars or less per single!

Thanks to the cask selection of what was available, some of the darkest liquid we have ever seen has been bottled.

About Lindores Abbey:

Considering its historical importance, Lindores Abbey distillery has been built as an aesthetically sympathetic monument to the 800-year-old Tironensian structure, using local wood from Denmylne and stone from Clatchard Quarry.

Lindores’ one wash still and two spirit stills will produce a lightly peated Lowland malt (the site lies just on the border with the Highlands) using barley grown on neighbouring farms and around Fife, and malted at Muntons. Maturation will be conducted on-site in a purpose-built dunnage warehouse, 25% of which will be heated to increase the rate of maturation.

The heated warehouse won’t be the only curiosity at Lindores: a special strain of yeast that may have existed in the 15th century is being replicated in partnership with Heriot-Watt University, and will be used to produce a limited edition single malt. In addition, instead of producing a gin, a percentage of Lindores’ new make spirit will be put aside to produce ‘aqua vitae’ – a malt spirit macerated with local herbs like sweet cicely, which grows abundantly on the banks of the River Tay. Eventually, fruit from the Abbey’s newly-planted orchard will also be incorporated.

Above all, the Mackenzie Smiths have plans to create a ‘world class visitor attraction’ with Lindores, educating guests on the Tironensian monks’ crafts and way of life, the Abbey’s history as well as the whisky production process.

TASTING NOTES

Nose: The total opposite, this is all about the cask, although I do get a whiff of Greek yoghurt again. But mostly this is about gunpowder, dark chocolate and dried fruits, but also a whisper of strawberry gelato and juniper. Intense, but there’s not much depth.

Taste: Sticky mouthfeel. Too sticky. The first sip is a little too much. Bitter coffee, dark spices and dark chocolate. Something burnished and more gunpowder. It reminds me of this heavily-sherried Daftmill , which isn’t a good thing. It doesn’t improve much upon further sipping or after adding water.

Finish: More of the above, but with a hint of aniseed.

57.6% ABV

70cl

*LIMITED TO ONE BOTTLE PER PERSON*