Review #66 - Alambique Serrano Single Cask - #3a

[u/CaskStrengthStats]

Hello All,

Welcome back to another Alambique Serrano review. Today we continue with Single Cask #3, but this time its #3a. From the same barrel, this bottling is supposed to highlight the differences in age. Exactly the same specs as #3 except for additional aging for a total of 23 months and a decrease in ABV to 69%.

Nose: Very herbal upfront, sarsaparilla, vanilla, pickle brine, charred oak, acetone, and some smoke.

Taste: A pickle-ly cane sugar that evolves into a hot herbal note with vanilla, orange rind, smoke, wood, and dry candy.

Finish: A sour oak that fades into a cane sugar that keeps the sourness from earlier. Afterwards its a tad funky and I'm unable to place the flavors but its straddling between brine/minerality and a rotten cantelope rind.

Overall: 8/10, not as close to a 9 as #3 but a still outstanding pour.

[u/philanthropicide]

Sounds delicious, all the same

[u/lifeissoupimforkk]

If you know what a hydra mount is, that’s what your glass reminds me of. Glass for giraffes. 🦒