Thompson Bros Lowries Reserve 8 Year Old Blend 45.7% 70cl

Another quality, well priced blend from the chaps at Dornoch. As is typical with their bottlings, they have been pretty transparent about the components and ratios used:

20.5% – Strathclyde Single Grain 1994, 28-year-old, refill bourbon

19.9% – Speyside Single Malt 2012, 11 Years old, Bourbon Hogshead

51.6% – Blended Scotch 2012, 10 year old, Sherry Hogshead

8.00% – SRV5 Campervan Brewery cask finish*

*SRV5 is the core release blended malt from Thompson Bros. This was filled into an ex Australian Shiraz wine cask that had been used by Leith brewers Campervan, before being blended into the final product.

Official Tasting Notes

Nose– Pear drops and pastis, white grapes, hops, galia melon, toffee popcorn, fresh parsley, hay bales, bay leaf, honeycomb (brittle), flumps, white miso paste, and nightshade (tomato plant). Palate – Toffee brittle, caramelised malted barley, almond nougat, strawberry, wild herbs, orange marmalade, lemon cough sweets, some oak spice, hints of cloves, charred peaches, Finish – Orange bitters, clove oil, ginger root and a gentle salinity

Country of Origin - Scotland