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After establishing one of the World's leading whisky bars in Dornoch, Phil and Simon Thompson - better known as the Thompson Brothers - decided to take it a step further and start making their own whisky and gin on the site at the Dornoch Castle Hotel. Born from successful crowdfunding and a worldwide love of whisky, Dornoch's first whisky distillery was formed. While waiting for the whisky to mat ...
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81.8 / 100 · Based on 5 published reviews.
The soft, sweet opening has a distinctive lift from clementine and perfumed papaya. On the palate, golden-syrup cereal malt, raisin and cranberry sauce give way to sour-umami notes and tannic red character. Sour coffee and oak carry that shift into the finish, with peppermint and chilli-oil warmth adding another turn. It is approachable in its opening, but not simply sweet throughout; the later bitterness and savoury edge give it a more challenging side.
Oak feels out of step.
There’s a lively shift here: golden-syrup cereal sweetness and raisin give way to sour, savoury notes, then coffee and oak. That contrast sounds more interesting to me than a straightforward sweet dram.
rainy_socks23 MarThere’s a curious shift here from soft, sweet cereal malt and cranberry sauce toward tangy, savoury sour-umami and increasingly tannic red notes. That contrast gives the whisky a more involved character than the sweetness first suggests, though the sour coffee and oak tannins sound like they take a firm hold in the finish. The fuzzy peppermint leaf brings a welcome herbal flicker at the end; it’s a detail that makes this an intriguing, if not especially gentle, direction.
