The scores are in for last night's Blind Tasting Consortium's #BTC59 #BlindDrams
Ben @whiskywithmolly.bsky.social picked 5 peated drams for his theme They Call me Hell - none of the drams featured the name of the distillery on the bottle!

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DRAM 5
Oily in colour.
Smoked rather than peaty.
Taste- Ashy. I can’t work past the ash. Lemon.

SCORE-3.

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5S: lots of flavour, but too burnt overall to score any higher than a 2
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5R: some water adds lemon Refresher sweets and plasticine to the nose; the palate also gains plasticine, and the lemon pancakes from the nose are now burnt
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5P: thick, fruity and peated; lemon pancakes, charred lemons
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Dram 5 - This is in my wheelhouse of smoky peaty, punchy, lemon zesty, citrusy, oily yum.

Score 4

5N: peaty and fruity; refresher sweets, smoked salt, chipotle lime mayo on chicken, smoked haddock, marzipan
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5th and final dram in this month's #BlindDrams #BTC59 "They Call Me Hell" with Ben @whiskywithmolly.bsky.social
5E: very pale yellow, pinot grigio
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4S: a mid-score of 3 here, it's nice but it's not floating my boat too much
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DRAM 4
Colour- light golden
Nose-Icing sugar. Furniture polish.
V Light peat on nose. Stronger on the palate.
Taste warming peat. Hangs around for a while on the palate.
Compared to the other drams…I haven’t finished it as quickly.

SCORE 2

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4R: some water adds raspberries and strawberries to the nose, while the palate gains peach tea
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Dram 4 Loving the sweetness and smokiness to this one, oily palate and good level of ABV all in my wheelhouse.

Score 4

4P: thick, aromatic and bitter; the tea leaves from the nose, Schweppes bitter lemon, after shave, dark marmalade
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4N: high ABV, herbal; tea leaves, peach skin, apple skin
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4th dram in this month's #BlindDrams #BTC59 "They Call Me Hell" with Ben @whiskywithmolly.bsky.social
E: dark-yellow, liquid sunshine
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DRAM 3
Colour- darker bronze
Stronger nose than dram 2.
Sweet dark sugar. Cherries berries.
Hint of peat/char. Figs.

SCORE 3

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3S: Another solid 3, very tasty as long as you don't add water
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Dram 3 Finish - Sweet sherry/port cherry coating with a medium length.

Score 2 - lacking a bit of oomph to take it up the charts for me.

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3R: some water adds burnt rubber to the nose while the palate gets very watery. Don't add water to this one!
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3P: syrupy, spiced and bitter; black cardamom, licorice root, turmeric, ground cumin, wormwood
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Dram 3 - Nose - Glacé cherries, rich fruit cake,

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3N: sweet and aromatic; licorice root, licorice allsorts, crystalised angelica, oloroso sherry, damp dog
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3rd dram in this month's #BlindDrams #BTC59 "They Call Me Hell" with Ben @whiskywithmolly.bsky.social
3E: deep bronze, 3rd-place Olympian
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DRAM 2
Colour- bronze
Nose- struggle to get much on the nose.
Stewed raisins.
Toffee dried fruit. Small amount of white pepper. Hint of germolene. Dry.
Watery thin.
Not overly sherried. Nice dram
Score- 3.

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Finish Dram 2 - Sweet and short

Score 1

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2S: a solid 3 for this one, it's got some years behind it
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Dram 2 - Palate, Thin a tad watery, sweet, cola cubes, sweet.

2R: a little water adds more fruit and some nuts to the nose, with quinces and hazelnuts; the palate gets bitter, with more burnt meat ends
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2P: burnt meat and dark fruits; char-grilled pork, roast brussels sprouts, fly cemetery cake, crispy bits on a bread and butter pudding
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Dram 2 - Nose sweet, sherry, rich dark fruits.