Ruadh Maor (Glenturret) 2011, 8yr old, 47.5% ABV, CÀRN MÒR, (Blind Tasted).

837 Bottles from 2 casks.

This bottling was blind tasted during our Whiskey Chaps blind tasting #3 on the 7/1/21 with @RockNRolla60 and @gordonsmith63, Twitter follow buttons are at the bottom of this review.

Extra notes from sampling this whisky again after the blind tasting are added to the end of the notes in brackets.

Appearance – This one is so light, white wine, light straw in colour, it slowly beads up on the glass, and slowly drops thin legs.

Dram 3

Very Light In Colour #TheWhiskeyChaps pic.twitter.com/WjsjeKOMFK

— RestlessNative (@RockNRolla60) January 7, 2021

OK, dram 3 appearance: Lightest of the 3, a shade off colourless, lemon squash. Fairly viscous #thewhiskeychaps

— Whisk(e)y Chap 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥃 (@whiskeychap) January 7, 2021

#thewhiskeychaps Dram 3 colour of white rice vinegar

— gordon smith (@gordonsmith63) January 7, 2021

Nose – That’s a decent ABV, and we’re into sweet peat, ash, some bbq meat notes but not overly strong. There’s a loverly sweetness too that runs through this, icing sugar, there’s minerality but it’s quite fruity too, (toast, bread, pastry, strawberry jam, jammy dodgers).

Dram 3 nose: Coastal, plenty of salinity, smoke and a touch medicinal. There might also be some cask finishing going on too? I’d say quite low ABV and fairly young too? #thewhiskeychaps

— Whisk(e)y Chap 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥃 (@whiskeychap) January 7, 2021

Lots Of Coastal Waves At First With A Faint Citrus Tart #TheWhiskeyChaps

— RestlessNative (@RockNRolla60) January 7, 2021

#thewhiskeychaps Dram 3 nose :- light peat smoke, summer Meaty barbecues .

— gordon smith (@gordonsmith63) January 7, 2021

Lots of cereals and malt on the nose now too. QUite a complex nose, once you get passed the initial smoke and salt #thewhiskeychaps

— Whisk(e)y Chap 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥃 (@whiskeychap) January 7, 2021

Palate – Yeah there’s the peat and ash, decent mouthfeel too, a sweet lemon note, a little Germoline, an oiliness, (ginger, red berries, and toast).

On The Palate
Sweet Sticky BBQ Ribs With Hickory Sauce & Plenty Butter Scotch Again #TheWhiskeyChaps

— RestlessNative (@RockNRolla60) January 7, 2021

Can anyone else taste concentrated custard at the back of the tongue??! #thewhiskeychaps

— Whisk(e)y Chap 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥃 (@whiskeychap) January 7, 2021

#thewhiskeychaps Dram 3 barbecue ribs done in a maple sauce some scampi fries in the background

— gordon smith (@gordonsmith63) January 7, 2021

Finish – It’s a long side of medium finish for me, very oily, a little spicy, I’d say warming is the best descriptor for me, a little citrusy, salinity. I’m torn on where this is from tbh, (white pepper, grapefruit, and sweet cherries).

CURVE BALL 😉

— RestlessNative (@RockNRolla60) January 7, 2021

This is growing on me, as I drink, the salinity and smokey BBQ flavours are being outshone by the sweeter sticky dessert elements. This is evolving beautifully #thewhiskeychaps

— Whisk(e)y Chap 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥃 (@whiskeychap) January 7, 2021

Salted butterscotch is a great shout mate.#thewhiskeychaps

— Dram it Mick! (@StillSurreal) January 7, 2021

I’m Getting One O Those Caramel Macchiato Taste At The End Tae .. Sweet & Carmely #TheWhiskeyChaps

— RestlessNative (@RockNRolla60) January 7, 2021

And the sample was.

Dram 3

The Peated Glenturret Ruadh Maor
8 yrs 47.5%
Released By Carn Mor #TheWhiskeyChaps pic.twitter.com/ds4n77Tcje

— RestlessNative (@RockNRolla60) January 7, 2021

That’s a super drop, I really like it, and Càrn Mòr are bottling some super stuff. I would never have guessed they even though I tried their peated on the @TweetTastings 🤷‍♂️#thewhiskeychaps

— Dram it Mick! (@StillSurreal) January 7, 2021

Notes – This bottling is presented in its natural colour and non chill filtered.

My thoughts – This is another awesome bottling to be honest from Carn Mor, i have tried some of the Glenturret core bottling which are also very good, as well as other Carn Mor bottlings that have all so far been very good.

Would i buy a bottle? – Yes without a doubt, a very good quality whisky indeed.

Picture credit – @RockNRolla60

Thanks to – @whiskeychap, @RockNRolla60, @gordonsmith63.