With beer casks, it’s always a question of whether the whisky is able to get a grip on that and add to itself all those aromatics and fruits, whilst leaving out the hoppy bitterness.
With the Chichibu IPA Cask Finish, I think the whisky’s done a decent job of that - the hops bitterness is definitely still very present, but by no means overpowering, on the by and large it’s incorporated more of the fruits and florals than it’s taken to the hoppiness. In that sense, it doesn’t immediately scream ...
(Read More)With beer casks, it’s always a question of whether the whisky is able to get a grip on that and add to itself all those aromatics and fruits, whilst leaving out the hoppy bitterness.
With the Chichibu IPA Cask Finish, I think the whisky’s done a dec...
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