80 / 100
The hogshead cask is clearly identified, and the chocolate orange alongside the five-spice sweetness gives this an appealing, distinctive direction. The very short finish sounds like a limitation, though.
Reviewed by SlowtrainSoda
- Nose
- Chocolate steamed cake, Rye bread, Meringue
- Palate
- Thin-medium texture, Chocolate orange, Cake sugar icing, Spicy-savoury-sweet Chinese five-spice cookies, Green tea, A bit of brininess on the last dregs
- Finish
- Generally short to almost non-existent, Flash of raw egg white, then nothing, followed by a pop of rum-soaked raisins