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Penderyn Small Batch, 50%

Price: $100 Issue: Spring 2022 Reviewer: Jonny McCormick


An easy-to-love combination of honey, ground almond, meringue, fudge, nutmeg, Horlicks, and vanilla ice cream on the nose. This really hits its stride the longer you savor it, beginning with apple juice, brown sugar, nutty fudge, and spices—cinnamon, pepper, clove, and chile—then serves up notes of apple pie with a sweet pastry crust, becoming appetizingly malty and ending with Penderyn's characteristically dry finish. (U.S. exclusive, 1,207 bottles)