{"id":5743,"date":"2011-09-14T22:56:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T12:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=5743"},"modified":"2011-09-14T22:58:55","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T12:58:55","slug":"blair-athol-12-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=5743","title":{"rendered":"Blair Athol 12 Year Old"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DISTILLERY <\/strong>Blair Athol<\/p>\n

TYPE<\/strong> Single Malt<\/p>\n

ALCOHOL <\/strong>43%<\/p>\n

REGION <\/strong>Highland<\/p>\n

COLOR <\/strong>Dark amber. Can barely see through the other side of the glass.<\/p>\n

NOSE <\/strong>Aroma makes me think of aniseed and sultanas.\u00a0 It’s quite sharp.<\/p>\n

PALATE <\/strong>Initially the sensation is that of sour fruit, like grapefruit.\u00a0 There’s notes of dark chocolate and sherry also.<\/p>\n

FINISH <\/strong>This is one whisky that is very front-loaded in taste.\u00a0 It doesn’t linger in your mouth very long at all and only leaves a faint aftertaste.<\/p>\n

SCORE<\/strong><\/p>\n

73 out of 100<\/span>
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NOTES <\/strong>I drink this whisky rather sparingly because its not one that you would easily pick up in Australia.\u00a0 I got this particular bottle from a visit to the Edradour which has the distinction of being Scotland’s smallest distillery.\u00a0 There was probably a good reason why I bought Blair Athol and not Edradour itself but I can’t remember.<\/p>\n

This is a rather unusual tasting whisky to my mind and while I can appreciate the bitter fruity flavour that dominates this dram, its not really a favourite of mine.\u00a0 Hence the muted scoring.<\/p>\n

On another note, the label has an otter on it.\u00a0 Did you know otters sleep by holding hands with their partners?<\/p>\n

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