Small-batch blender Turntable Spirits introduced new releases in its music-inspired collection. Monitor 6 is named All My Life. It consists of 81% malt whisky from GlenAllachie (ex-Woodford barrels), Balblair (Limousin XO octaves), Benriach (first fill bourbon) and Knockdhu (first fill Oloroso) together with 19% of North British grain whisky.
Turntable Blended Scotch – Monitor 6 ‘All My Life’ (46%, OB 2024, 2200 btl.)
Nostril: fairly elegant and candy, with purple apples, plums and raisins, in addition to hints of potpourri (the Limousin oak maybe). Bitter berries and cinnamon. Then vanilla pastry and hints of almond biscuits, together with some pencil shavings.
Mouth: candy and spicy once more, making it richer than anticipated. There’s stewed fruit, some apple pie, raisins and delicate cocoa. After that it goes in the direction of dried ginger, walnuts and a transparent grainy facet. Then cinnamon and chocolate comes again in the long run.
End: medium size, extra grainy now
A properly built-in mix, though the grainy facet does seem on the palate. A bit extra sherried than the recipe predicted too. A great every day dram. Obtainable from TyndrumWhisky as an illustration, and German shops by Kirsch Import.
Then we’ve a second collaboration drop (see the first one with Starward). This restricted version marries Irish whiskey and Scottish whisky. It showcases single pot nonetheless whiskey from Dingle aged in Oloroso casks, enhanced with Balmenach (PX sherry puncheons), Blair Athol (rye barrels) and Loch Lomond grain (first fill bourbon barrels).
Turntable Collaboration #2 – Dingle (52%, OB 2024, 1800 btl.)
Nostril: a little bit of a musty, buttery and toffeed PX affect. Caramelized nuts, gingerbread, a bit of tobacco. Then some figs, raspberry jam and delicate black pepper.
Mouth: deeply sherried once more, with the PX because the loudest part, or so it appears. Figs, dates, toffee and hints of tobacco once more. Caramel. There’s a brighter fruitiness beneath, with hints of peaches and a contact of vanilla sweetness. Some pepper and ginger seems as effectively, however total this appears much less grainy than Monitor 6 as an illustration.
End: medium size. The sherry remains to be there, however the grains additionally turn out to be extra obvious.
Is the Dingle part enjoying first fiddle on this mix? I don’t suppose so. Alternatively, after the Dingle Oloroso single cask I attempted the opposite day, I’m comfortable it isn’t standing out an excessive amount of. The sherry character itself is a tad bloated although, which implies we preferred the Starward version significantly better. For now that is primarily out there within the UK, Eire, Germany and The Netherlands, with plans to increase considerably within the close to future. Rating: 82/10
