Cliff Mann

Dram 5️⃣ Lindores Abbey, SC 5yo (2018) in Ruby Port, 60.3%, Newburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

👀 orange wine, leggy
👃🏼floral, earthy, love heart sweets, pink diamond blush
👅 drying ginger beer, artificial sweetener
🏁 ginger
🤔 ginger beer
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🔢 3/5

Dram 4️⃣ Bunnahabhain 14yo, Fèis ìle 2024 Ruby Port, 58.7%, Islay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

👀 reddish brown, serrated
👃🏼jammy peat, burnt blackberry jam on a crumble, balsamic
👅 sweet peat in a wet, woody vimto cask.
🏁 sweet peat & tannins
🤔 Burnt jam
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🔢 3/5

Dram 3️⃣ Bushmills Causeway 2000, 20yo, Ruby Port, 54.1%, Bushmills NI 🇬🇧

👀 brittle amber
👃🏼ink rubbers, bonne maman blackcurrant jam, pine sap
👅 blackcurrant milkshake, Parisian creams, honeydew, salt
🏁 salty, but holds the fruit
🤔 sweet blackcurrant
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🔢 4/5

Dram 2️⃣ Glen Scotia 10yo Dawny Port, Thos Bros, 53.3%, Campbeltown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

👀 pale gold, oily blobs
👃🏼 musty, floral, Viognier wine, fizzy haribo
👅 fizzy, a honeyed hot toddy with nutmeg, earthy
🏁 sweet & saccharine
🤔 a hot toddy
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🔢 3/5

Dram 1️⃣ Arran Port Cask, 50%, Arran 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

👀 dirty bronze, brittle
👃🏼starchy, talcum, dried raspberry, special K
👅 saccharine, new make, baking spice, rust
🏁a fizzy peppery buzz
🤔 a bit rusty
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🔢 2/5

A fantastic port themed #BlindDrams hosted by @maltmusings.bsky.social The Bushmills dram was the dram of the night for me 🥃👌🏻

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A smashing line up Brian - thank you ❤️ #BlindDrams

Dram 5
Lindores Abbey 2018 5yo Single Cask #180625 at 60.3% ABV
Full term Ruby Port
D: 16 Aug '18, B: 6 Nov '23, Btl: 236/288. £70
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Dram 4
Bunna 2009 14yo for Fèis Ìle 2024 at 58.7% ABV
3yr Ruby Port Finish
D: 26 May '09, RC: 17 Nov '20. B: '24. £70
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Dram 3
Bushmills Causeway 2000 20yo at 54.1% ABV
Full term in Ruby Port
D: 21 Nov '00, B: 28 Jun '21, 2,322 Btls. £250
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Dram 2
Thompson Bros. Glen Scotia 2015 10yo Single Cask #21/8-8 at 53.3% ABV "Dawny Port"
6yr FF Bourbon + 4yr Tawny Port finish
D: '15, B: '25, 317 Btls. £70
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Dram 1
Arran Port Cask Finish at 50% ABV
8yr bourbon + undisclosed port finish
B: 3 Mar '25. £50
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#BlindDrams dot 5 finish drying ginger beer - I'm happy with it - a 3

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#BlindDrams dot 5 palate - amazed this is dram 5 and not 4 - saccharine again, loads of cereals & quite drying, as the famous five would say "lashings & lashings of ginger beer"

#BlindDrams dot 5 orange wine in colour, leggy. The nose is floral, earthy, love heart sweets, diamond blush cider & cheddar

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#BlindDrams dot 4 finish sweet peat but lots of tannin - a 3 for me

#BlindDrams dot 4 palate is ribena and peat, vimto, tannic & a wet woody cask

#BlindDrams dot 4 is reddish brown with a serrated line in the glass. On the nose it's jammy peat, the burnt blackberry jam on a crumble, balsamic

#BlindDrams most likely to be a port finish (albeit they all might) but I get the rich sweet dark fruits on this one - it's a fab dram

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#BlindDrams dot 3 finish is quite salty but holds that dark fruit flavour. Really enjoyed this one - it's a FORE!

#BlindDrams dot 3 palate is blackcurrant milkshake and (niche!) Parisian cremes from Geraldo's of Largs (recommendation). - honeydew melon and a sprinkle of salt

#BlindDrams dot 3 is brittle, amber in colour. On the nose I get those old school ink rubbers, bonne maman blackcurrant jam & pine sap

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#BlindDrams dot 2 finish has a saccharine sweetness, but a lovely lasting warmth - I'm on a 3 for this

#BlindDrams dot 2 palate has ginger ale, a honeyed hot toddy with a scraping of nutmeg, earthy

#BlindDrams dot 2 has gooseberry on the nose too

#BlindDrams dot 2 is pale gold, settling in oily blobs - the nose is floral, musty, voigner wine, fizzy haribos

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#BlindDrams dot 1 finish has a fizzy, peppery buzz - a little drying. I'd probably go for a 2 on this one.

#BlindDrams dot 1 palate is sacharine - new makey - baking spices (star anise & black pepper), metallic & rust - it's OK