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Whisky Review: Orphan Barrel Muckety-Muck 25 Year Old

We review the 2021 release of Orphan Barrel Muckety Muck. It's a 25-year-old single grain from the now-silent Port Dundas Distillery in Glasgow.

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Muckety-Muck 25 Year Old

Tasting Notes

About:

Single grain Scotch whisky. 25 years old. Distilled at the Port Dundas distillery in Glasgow, Scotland. 45.5% alcohol. Priced around $260.
Appearance:
A tarnished gold color
Nose:
Bright and sweet, with aromas of lemon meringue pie, caramel sauce, ginger ale, lemon tea, orange, marmalade, and hay. There’s also a hint of something minerally and inorganic, like clay. It’s not very complicated, but it is appealing.
Palate:
Powdered sugar, vanilla, citrus, lemon curd, snickerdoodle, and light caramel sweep across the palate with a featherweight, barely-there texture. The finish is thin, citrusy, and cooling, with menthol and Lemon zinger tea. And then it’s gone, leaving a lingering feeling of warmth and a hint of clay-like powderiness.
Finish:
Comments:
While I was sipping this whisky, Pink Floyd’s “Is There Anybody Out There?” kept popping into my head. As in, is there anybody out there who would want to spend $260 on something so pleasant, soothing, and yet strangely inert? Still, I’m quite sure it would make an exceptionally tasty (and luxe) highball–for real Muckety-Mucks.rn

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Margarett Waterbury

Margarett Waterbury is the author of "Scotch: A Complete Introduction to Scotland's Whiskies" and a full-time freelance writer and editor specializing in the beverage industry. Her work has graced the pages of numerous publications, including Whisky Advocate, Food and Wine, Spirited Magazine, Artisan Spirit, Edible Seattle, Sip Northwest, Civil Eats, Travel Oregon, and many others. She also boasts editorial experience as the former managing editor of Edible Portland and as a co-founder and former managing editor of The Whiskey Wash. In recognition of her talent, Margarett received the Alan Lodge Young Drinks Writer of the Year award in 2017 and was awarded fellowships for the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers in 2017 and 2019.

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