Wolfburn Aurora Single Malt Single Malt Whisky

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This was an interesting one. It didn’t compare well with the Aurora (not a surprise given the peated and unpeated comparison) so I poured a few other drams alongside to provide some relative comparisons for you.

Wolfburn are already carving a reputation out for themselves as new distillers to watch after just a few years. Their Aurora bottling is a combination of American oak casks and ex-sherry casks. A fruity, spicy treats from the Scottish Highlands. Honey, a touch of indistinct sherry sweetness, walnuts, and dry grass. It’s a light nose and not overcooked with sherry, as exemplified by the light colour. Regardless of whether the Service offers the functionality to contribute, you are solely responsible and liable for any content and information that you create, upload, post, publish, link to, duplicate, transmit, record, display or otherwise make available on the Service or to other Members, such as chat messages, text messages, videos, audio, audio recordings, music, pictures, photographs, text and any other information or materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (“Contributions”).

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Inspired by Broddy I sipped alongside an Ardmore and eventually a Lagavulin. It turned into a nice evening, with this 7yo showing hazelnut and honey sweetness and a richer note compared to the others. I pour another and things get fuller as the sourness subsides a little. In summary; lemons, apples and farmyard with a very soft smoke.

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Nose: Resinous, slightly rancid sherry with some tannic red wine. Beneath that, red berries and caramel malt. A rest in the glass disperses the rancidity and somewhat brightens the fruits.

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With Water: A few drops of water wake up the sherry a bit – adding fruit – and also round out the vanilla sweetness in the aroma. The palate also seems fuller and more dynamic. Water highly recommended with this one. Every fibre of my being wants to give this a 7, but I falter. Only because there are still edges here that don’t bring it quite up to a “Very Good Indeed” rating. Not quite. Not yet. But close. The gamble on this 7yo paid off. It doesn’t make the permashelf, but it gets me keen for more from this relative newbie. I’ve been writing a lot about whisky lately and right now my office is scattered with 30ml miniature bottles of golden booze. Lots of Scottish whisky, Japanese whisky and all kinds of American bourbons and ryes, along with miniatures from more unlikely countries such as France and South Africa. I’m pretty good at avoiding the temptation to sip my way through them while working during the day, although the current cold snap is pushing that temptation to the limit. Each and every Member must be of legal drinking age in its country of residence to be allowed to use the Service. If no such law exists in a Member’s country of residence, the Member has to be over 21 years old to use the Service. We have the right to ask you to provide proof of your age and/or to provide further identification to prevent underage usage and/or for any other legal or legitimate purpose. By using the Service, and by creating an account you represent, warrant and confirm that you are of legal age.

Appearance: Pale straw color with hasty, unrefined legs. The beading of this whisky is more encouraging. Even still, it lurks in my glass like some untamed elemental spirit. As a 5pm whisky, Aurora has hit the spot: it’s delicate, easy to drink, sweetly delicious and gently warming. The heavier hitting whisky miniatures will be steadily consumed in front of the fire during cold evenings but the half-dram-bottle of Aurora I’m left with stays on the office desk – I’m sure it will come in handy the next time the heater fails to do its job. The distillery primarily produces unpeated spirit but since 2014 has also produced peated batches. Its production strictly adheres to long fermentations and slow distillations ot craft a smooth but characterful spirit.Of the small clutch of bottles that Wolfburn Aurora sits among, it is by far the lightest. A bright straw colour that would probably twinkle beautifully in the sunlight if the sunlight ever managed to enter my office on a grey winter day. On the nose the straw freshens, becoming meadow-like and there’s lots of sweet sherry too: it smells clean, light and immediately approachable. You are responsible for all activities through your account. You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide to us in relation to your account, and for updating it where necessary. You are not allowed to create multiple accounts. We may terminate or temporarily suspend your account to protect you, ourselves or our partners from (suspected) identity theft or other (suspected) fraudulent (e.g. false, misleading, deceptive) activity. You have the obligation to keep your login credentials confidential. You shall not authorize any others to use or access your account. Maybe it was somewhat coincidental with the release of the first Jurassic Park movie, or the romance implied from childhood books, I definitely considered it. I’m sure some of you did as well, fantasising about scratching away at old relics, elucidating their hidden secrets, and discovering amazing hidden gems. This is much the same way as I view ourselves right now. We are in the Golden Age of whisky, where new distilleries doing new things are popping up all over the world, awaiting a firm-brimmed and khaki-clad explorer to stumble upon their elixir, before shouting about their discovery to the world. Either of these releases are worth trying if you want to learn what high-quality, very young whisky tastes like. In fact, each of the bottles being reviewed today is as young as possible without being disqualified as a single malt Scotch. That’s right, in each case we’re talking about three years of age. We may sell, license, transfer, assign or in any other way dispose of the Service (including Members) to any third party without any notification to you, e.g. (but without limitation) in connection with any reorganization, restructuring, merger or sale, or other transfer of assets.