{"id":713,"date":"2015-07-01T21:46:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T20:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/?p=713"},"modified":"2015-07-02T12:46:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T11:46:05","slug":"silent-stills-seamuss-sligachan-skye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/whisky\/silent-stills-sligachan\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Stills at Seamus&#8217;s &#8211; Sligachan, Skye."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>document.getElementById('menu-item-107').className += \" current-menu-item current_page_item\";<\/script><br \/>\nSssssssssss. There were a whole load of Ss on show after a long weekend fishing at Neist Point, Skye. As we headed back to civilisation, we stumbled upon the whisky selection at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sligachan.co.uk\/seumas-bar.php\" target=\"_blank\">Seamus&#8217;s Bar<\/a> at the Sligachan Hotel. I&#8217;ve driven past it many times, but always presumed it would be a tourist-trap kinda place, but it turned out to have a very decent, and well-priced, whisky selection.<\/p>\n<p>We found some amazingly-priced silent stills so tucked into three of them together &#8211; here&#8217;s what we thought:<\/p>\n<div class=\"break\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 14px; border-left: 4px solid #E8E2D5; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whiskybase.com\/whisky\/24230\/banff-1976-gm\" target=\"_blank\">Banff G&amp;M 1976\/2010 34yo<\/a><br \/>\n43% | \u00a36.50 for 35ml | Refill sherry hogshead<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nose<\/span>: It&#8217;s resinous, with wood varnish, bananas, metallic fruit, and a slight cheesey thing going on.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Taste+Finish<\/span>: This tastes so much like Imperial (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiskybase.com\/whisky\/65281\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>), it&#8217;s hard to split them. Not too deep and hard to put your finger on, but very metallic. Super dry sherry, bad socks &#8211; it&#8217;s astringent, herbal and so dry. &#8220;Urgh!&#8221;, said one.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Comments<\/span>: One of those metallic sherried whiskies that some like and some hate. If you like Imperial, you&#8217;d like this.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rating<\/span>: 66\/100<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_715\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1860.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-Um1yH2D3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-715\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1860-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"It's not often you see Banff on the whisky menu..\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1860-760x1024.jpg 760w, http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1860.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s not often you see Banff on the whisky menu..<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 14px; border-left: 4px solid #E8E2D5; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whiskybase.com\/whisky\/29051\/north-port-1981-gm\" target=\"_blank\">North Port (Brechin) G&amp;M 1981\/2005 24yo<\/a><br \/>\n43% | \u00a37.50 for 35ml | Bourbon cask<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">N<\/span>: Cupboards and old limes, musty flowers, excellent.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T+F<\/span>: Sweet, flowery and metallic again. A bit acrid, with raw seafood and scallops. Nothing much towards the end.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C<\/span>: This was a little metallic (and became its downfall), and was quite hard to place. It wasn&#8217;t particularly off-putting but neither was there much to write home about.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R<\/span>: 71\/100<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_716\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1861.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-Um1yH2D3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-716\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1861-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Another very well-priced silent still..\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1861-760x1024.jpg 760w, http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1861.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another very well-priced silent still..<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 14px; border-left: 4px solid #E8E2D5; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whiskybase.com\/whisky\/3297\/coleburn-1979\" target=\"_blank\">Coleburn Rare Malts 1979\/2000 21yo<\/a><br \/>\n59.4% | \u00a312 for 35ml | Unknown cask<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">N<\/span>: Sherried nose, fruity and pretty spirity &#8211; perhaps candied fruits? Big!<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T+F<\/span>: Spritied, big alcohol. Tiny bit of battery acid pervading? Odd, off almonds. A spicy hit then a massive herbal injection &#8211; a &#8220;tongue war&#8221; with a hot, herbal finish.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C<\/span>: This was very hard to classify &#8211; it was a massive strength for its age, and it was quite hard to approach. It wasn&#8217;t refined, but it was definitely interesting. This would punch most other 21yo out of the park, and that quality was quite enjoyable. It was hot and herby, but needed a bit more depth for me.. an interesting dram. But right at the last, I tried some with a bit of chocolate in my mouth and it became much sweeter and mintier &#8211; and really rather nice.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R<\/span>: 82\/100<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_717\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1862.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-Um1yH2D3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-717\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1862-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The priciest one, it came out a locked cupboard..\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1862-760x1024.jpg 760w, http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1862.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The priciest one, it came out a locked cupboard..<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And if you want to check out the full menu, here it is (as of June 2015) &#8211; sorry for the terrible photo quality, I only had my phone with me (and clearly can&#8217;t use the camera effectively):<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_714\" style=\"width: 775px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1858.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-Um1yH2D3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-714\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1858-765x568.jpg\" alt=\"Not the best photo, but you get the idea..\" width=\"765\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1858-765x568.jpg 765w, http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1858-840x623.jpg 840w, http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMAG1858.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not the best photo, but you get the idea..<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There was a Glenesk (Hillside) for under \u00a35 too, which I didn&#8217;t notice until too late&#8230; Next time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sssssssssss. 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