Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 2016 WDS (Whiskydudes)

Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 2016 WDS (Whiskydudes) is a blended malt Scotch from Whiskydudes. It vats Campbeltown malts, Glen Scotia among them. It is one of only three working distilleries left in Campbeltown, with Springbank and Glengyle.

Glen Scotia's oily malt rounds it with a coastal, salted edge. First fill bourbon gave a fuller vanilla and a touch of coconut from the lactones. The oily, coastal spirit shows the cask clearly, vanilla and brine to the fore. The Glen was added to the Scotia name around 1930, the distillery dating to 1832. Refill oak lets the salty, oily Glen Scotia character lead the way. Years in oak round the spirit, the brine and citrus deepening to a salted toffee. The cool, salt laden Campbeltown air gives a slow, coastal maturation in the warehouses. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and coconut over the fruit. The slow distillation and shell and tube condensers give the oily Glen Scotia body.

At cask strength 58.5% it is full bodied. Sea salt, citrus and a salted toffee run through it, oily and coastal. The mouthfeel is oily, the fruit carried on a briny body. Citrus, salt and a soft oak see out the finish. A characterful blended malt Scotch.