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Robert Holen

Robert Holen

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Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold
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Robert Holen

It's flavour is very close to Dalwhinnie 15, slightly sweeter and fresher, but also lacking a tad of the depth.

I did try freezing some and it does get a sirupy mouthfeel, but when it's that cold it loses some of the aroma and complexity.
I won't discourage anyone from trying a small amount, but the flavour is obviously better in the normal 15°C - 18°C range.

Glenmorangie The Original
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Robert Holen

Quite a fitting name given the extreme fruitiness.
Glenmorangie 10's flavour is far more divisive than most others, so this one you'll either love or hate.
I won't rate it as I personally fall in the latter.
It's still easy to see that it has some strong qualities though, they're just not for everyones palate.

Añogo
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Robert Holen

This one is seriously underrated by the users and I know why!

Although you can scrape by with a cheap bottle of Blanco tequila, the same can't be said for Reposado and Añejo... The bottom shelf offerings will more often than not destroy the flavour of a cocktail.

At a bare minimum get the ones made of 100% blue agave. Personally I'm fond of Lunazul Tequila which is in the middle tier.

Robert Holen

A real hassle to make with all those ingredients in tiny measures, but the end result is great!

Save yourself some time and make it a double, you'll like it anyway 😉

Smoke of Scotland
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Robert Holen

Tastes a lot better and more balanced than you'd expect with this amount of peated whisky.
In my experience the more expensive peated whiskies tends to not do so well in cocktails.
So for this, I used "For Peat's sake" which is heavy on the smoke, but fairly neutral otherwise 4,5.