Black Mountain Whisky BM No1 42%
Tasted: Dec 2014
Nose: Deep, lightly toffee’d with plenty of herbal notes. Hints of white fruit, dusty barley and heather appear.
Palate: Quite grainy with hints of toffee and coffee to begin with. A little bitter oak comes through on the middle with some liquorice and burnt herbs.
Finish: A little bitter and coffee’d with lingering lightly industrial notes.
Conclusion: If this is what I think it is then it’s a step backwards for this distillery!
Black Mountain Whisky BM No1 42%
Tasted: Mar 2015
Nose: Hugely estery aromas of pineapple, apricot, melon and banana with a touch of greengage. Lightly herbal and botanical. With time the aromas become quite taught and mineral.
Palate: Lightly honeyed and again full of generously fleshy, estery fruit – pineapple, apricot, melon and banana. Just a smidge of oak comes through on the middle along with the botanical/ herbal notes.
Finish: A little short with a slightly spirity finish.
Conclusion: A lovely malt, which runs out of steam a little on the palate. I would have liked to have seen a little more oak interaction.
Black Mountain Whisky BM No2 40%
Tasted: Dec 2014
Nose: Deep and honeyed with an edgy graininess and hints of smoke. A little hard barley emerges along with hints of under ripe banana, pineapple chunks and a touch of toffee.
Palate: Full if a little watery with toffee, barley, herbal and a touch of honey. The grain comes through on the middle.
Finish: Very bitter.
Conclusion: Quite pleasant up until the finish!
Whisky According to Chris Whiskyman 