![]() ![]() (Despite hyperbole, I’ve never actually poured anything down the drain.) Still, the $25 could have been much better spent on a bottle of regular non-peated Bank Note, or a bottle of bourbon or rye, or a Johnnie Walker black label. I expect that the bottle will grow on me as I force myself to drink it so it doesn’t go to waste. The palate might be a little sweeter – brown sugar – but the finish is unchanged. Several drops of water increase the smoky notes without making them more palatable. That engine oil / degreaser note persists on the finish, along with black walnut oil and scorched sugar. Oops, I guess I just did), engine oil, sheep dip, molasses, Thai fish sauce. Mild tongue burn that resolves into muddy, marshy peat (I’m trying hard not to call it “swamp gas”. Shipping available to most of the 50 states from Washington D.C.s favorite wine and spirits. Nose: Clear but slightly antiseptic peat. The formulation, which is said to be a fairly standard 40% malt and 60% lowland grain whisky, is mostly the same here, but with a little peated Islay malt thrown in. It still has a 5-year age statement and is bottled at the same 43% ABV, which is a nice touch for a budget blend. The Bank Note Peated Reserve is a little pricier – I paid $25 for 750ml when I’m used to paying $ml (1 liter) for the regular Bank Note. It takes a masterful hand to make good peated blended scotch, and I thought the Morrisons must have that mastery since regular Bank Note is so good. Bank Note Peated Reserve incorporates a small proportion of Islay peated malt into their unique blend of pure Lowland Grain, sweet Speyside, and robust Highland. Review 43 - Bank Note Blended Scotch Whisky (slumming it) Color - Apple Juice Nose - Pineapple, cinnamon, burny alcohol burn, old banana, sourdough. They had the new Peated Reserve edition, though, so I figured “why not?” I’m not a huge fan of peated blends… I feel that the peat takes over but only the less-desirable cigarette ash and soil notes persist through being watered-down by grain whisky. Of course, with lockdowns causing mass drink-at-home mania, the liquor stores sell out of everything cheap, so the last time I braved a Total Wine run I was dismayed to see I couldn’t stock up on my beloved Bank Note. Bank Note is a premium 5yo Scotch Whisky offering the perfect blend of the finest malt whiskies (40) from the Speyside and Highland regions, blended. It’s relatively little-known so the price doesn’t go up and it it doesn’t go on allocation. ![]() These products are the lifeblood of the industry and the liquid expression of an art form that borders on alchemy: combining myriad components to create one harmonious and consistent whole. It’s delicious and has almost no sign of youthful grain whisky. Blended Scotch Whisky Roughly nine out of 10 bottles of Scotch sold around the world are blends that is, a mix of grain and single malt whiskies. It’s age-stated at a reasonable-for-the-price 5 years. It’s easily – still! – simultaneously the best deal in scotch and the best blended scotch under $40. It makes every list of cabinet staples or “Must Haves” that I put together. The first words out of my mouth when someone asks about budget whisky are “Bank Note”. ![]() Find Online at Master of Malt We do our best to verify the accuracy of product information, but sometimes a mistake slips through the cracks. It is made from a mash bill of malted barley, grain, and aged for 5 years in oak casks. Priced around $30 and an overall nice blended peat flavored scotch.You could be forgiven for calling me a Bank Note fanboy. Bank Note Blended Scotch is a blended Scotch whisky produced by Bank Note in Speyside, Highland, Lowland (Scotland). If you would like to start to get into peat flavored whisky’s I would recommend starting with this one. Rattray before but I remember I paid a high price for it and decided to focus on main distilleries as I was just starting to make efforts to really learn about whisky.īank Note Peat Reserve is a nice tasting and well-balanced scotch that is a little lighter on the flavor profile. Depending on the product your local liquor store stocks you will find these bottles of blends, single malts and various ages stated whisky that have unfamiliar labels to the developing eye. Rattray it is a family business in Scotland that started back in 1868 and blends cask of various whisky’s for bottling and selling. Rattray produces Bank Note and states that it is a mix of Speyside and Highland scotches. It is aged approximately 5 years for each blend that is in the bottle and has a mash of 40% malt and 50% grain.Ī.D. Bank Note Peated Reserve is a blended scotch whisky bottled at 43% and is the “peatier” cousin of Bank Note Scotch. ![]()
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