English Whisky Chapter 13, 14 and 15 Review

English Whisky you say? Yep, and it is not the only one but the first of this new wave of world whiskies. St. George distillery is located at Norfolk, England and has been producing whisky since 200(6?). Yet another one jumping in the whisky wagon? Well, so I thought until I tasted it.

My first experience with St. George Whisky was with their peated spirit ( not yet whisky! ) Chapter 4. I did a tasting of several Ardbeg and I wanted to start with something soft and light and Kaboom!. The little Chapter 4 almost eclipse the peat punch of Ardbeg.

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So when I saw Andrew at The Whisky Show 2013 at the English Whisky stand I decided that this year I had to give them a fair chance and not tasting their whiskies right after Karuizawa :) #badluck

By Andrew suggestion I tasted them in the following order…

St. George English Whisky Chapter 14

“Quite a nice taste. This English Whisky is really sweet and fruity. Good work”

87

St. George English Whisky Chapter 14 bottled at a whooping 58.8% ABV. No hostages!

This dram has a fino-like color.

Nose (85): more than average. floral, citrus, honey, vanilla.

Palate (89): powerful, oily. honey, vanilla, fruity, pears.

Finish (88): longer than average. honey, fruity.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this English Whisky Chapter 14 - Cask Strength with 87 points over 100.

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St. George English Whisky Chapter 13

This one has one of the best labels I have seen in the last years in a whisky bottle. I liked it so much that I bought it completely blind.

“Scary whisky! A quite decent english whisky if you ask me. And the bottle label is simply awesome”

88

Described as both'fun and serious', St. George's distillery's dragon-themed English malt whisky Chapter 13 was launched at 1pm on Friday 13th September 2013. Bottled at 49% (because 4+9=13), this is an intensely-flavoured sweet and spicy whisky with one of the coolest labels you'll see.

This dram has a white wine-like color.

Nose (86): more than average. smoke, honey, vanilla, fruity.

Palate (89): powerful, oily. peat, fruity, honey, vanilla, spices, wood.

Finish (88): longer than average. wood, honey.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this St. George's Distillery Chapter 13 English Single Malt Whisky with 88 points over 100.

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St. George English Whisky Chapter 15

Peated whisky at cask strength? Can you ask anything else?

“Awesome! Really bottling this English Whisky at Cask Strength has done the work”

90

First released in November 2013, this is the 15th'chapter' in The English Whisky Company's history and the peated sister of chapter 14. The first release of a 5 year old whisky from the distillery, this has a wealth of fruit flavours to balance the young peat.

This dram has a fino-like color.

Nose (89): more than average. floral, citrus, honey, vanilla, wood, spices, peaches.

Palate (90): powerful, oily. honey, floral, peat, spices, vanilla, apples.

Finish (90): longer than average. honey, apples.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this English Whisky Co. Chapter 15 / Heavily Peated English Whisky with 90 points over 100.

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St. George English Whisky Chapter Founders Private Cellar Cask 0787

And well, to complete the round a single cask, cask strength english whisky.

“What an awesome whisky! It is really lovely. The one of the best English whiskies I have had... but the price isn't so nice”

90

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. honey, floral, citrus, wood, spices, vanilla, nutmeg.

Palate (90): powerful, oily. honey, floral, fruity, wood, spices, cocoa.

Finish (90): longer than average. cocoa, wood.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this English Whisky Co / Founders Private Cellar / Cask 0787 with 90 points over 100.

This whisky is simple awesome. It is a real pity it is priced so expensive because it would serve quite well to the distillery name.

Miguel says…

Well, much better than last year… because it really sucks ( for them ) to taste English whisky just after three great 30 years old Karuizawa and a few delicious Amrut whiskies. The single cask is awesome but to be fair I won’t pay its price #madness

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