Whisky Live is a great opportunity to try whiskies you are curious about but wouldn’t necessarily buy…. a chance to ‘speed taste‘ with a simple sniff, swish and spit.

Wolfburn is a newer distillery, promising for its sweet minerally new make spirit. These were at best fleeting impressions as I stopped by the Wolfburn booth towards the end of my sampling explorations… at that stage where you have nearly had enough.

Wolfburn Northland 46% – ex-Bourbon

• Nose – Quite oaky, raw cereal,
• Palate – Young but… sweet, lightly floral, slightly nutty
• Finish – Spice and is there just a bit of peat too?

Wolfburn Aurora 46% – ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry

• Nose – Sweet yet restrained, pineapple or melon, yoghurt
• Palate – Barely there… Sweet spice… a sense of being raw yet very sweet
• Finish – Spice

Wolfburn Morven 46% – Peat

• Nose – Young, organic, oaky
• Palate – Light peat, an odd quality, some spice
• Finish – Burn

To be honest, it didn’t work for me… however it was just a wee brush…

All said, it was good to zip through this trio… reinforces a preference to wait a few more years to see what Wolfburn does with a bit more time.

Other brushes with Wolfburn?

• Woflburn 1st batch – Part of an original evening
• Morven vs Aurora – Part of a samples evening after WhiskyLive 2017