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Swiss Single Malt Whisky??
By Ian
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Yes, Swiss Single Malt Whisky, why not, they have the mountains, the rivers and almost the same climate.
Travelling and working this last week in Switzerland I noticed Swiss Single Malt on a drinks menu and decided I would have to try it, since then I have found a second Swiss produced whisky, notes and pictures of both below.
Hollen Single Malt Whisky.The bottling I tried was 42%abv, they also bottle a stronger version at 51.6%abv.The nose was a little light, not offensive , slight sweetness with toffee notes, when warmed up a little I could detect a few green vegetable notes.
The taste was slightly spirity but there was a reasonable whisky flavour, it`s not something I would ask for right now but it could improve over the years if left to mature a little longer.
Hollen Single Malt
Whisky Castle Single Malt.
The Whisky Castle Single Malt was a Doublewood expression matured in two types of wood, traditional casks ex the scotch whisky industry, probably used exbourbons, and chestnut wood, there was a sour note on the nose but the flavour was presentable, Whisky Castle do a few other expressions, one using only materials sourced entirely from Switzerland including the oak it was matured in.
Whisky Castle Single Malt
Right now neither whisky is likely to break into markets outside of Switzerland and to be fair I`m not sure they want to but with time and the right casks they could easily improve the quality of their whiskies.
25 Jul 10