Alberta Premium Dark Horse

Alberta Premium Dark Horse 45% alc/vol

Slate, charcoal, bourbon-like vanilla, sweet pickles, dark fruits, sweet and herbal flowers, hot pepper, sweet ginger and crispy clean oak. An extraordinary symphony of rye. 

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Nose: Wet cement, slate, dust, charcoal, burnt wood, something herbal, and all the glorious scents of torrefaction. A complex synthesis of rye spices with acetone, dry grain, pickles, and flowers. Rich vanilla wafts over burnt toffee with its very bourbon-like presence, before raspberries, dark fruits, SweeTarts^®, dry orange peel, lilacs, and rosewater bring us back to rye. The nose is rich and full – almost oily – with overtones of marigolds, sweet pickles, blackstrap molasses and clean crispy oak. Complex, yes, and beautifully composed.

Palate: Starts out strongly with vanilla, toffee, and hot pepper, followed closely by sweet ginger and pleasantly bitter grapefruit pith. This is a classic rye palate all the way. Slightly pulling oak tannins speak of age – orange zest, dried figs, and raspberries of complexity. The weighty body has the feel but not the flavour of sour black licorice. Real burnt charcoal follows every sip with a typical rye sourness in the background. Hot pepper and singeing ginger settle down in a bath of blackstrap molasses, and rich dark fruits.

Finish: Long. Lingering hot spices and pepper with a side of prunes.

Empty glass: Crispy oak with hints of charred firewood, stewed fruit, toffee, cotton candy, and charcoal.

板岩，炭，波本威士忌般的香草，甜醬菜，深色水果，香甜，草藥般地的花卉，辣椒，甜姜和簡潔有力的橡木味。一個非凡的黑麥交響樂。
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香氣：潮濕的水泥，石板，灰塵，木炭，燒焦的木材，草藥的香味，和所有的烘焙香味。一個複雜黑麥香料，乾穀物，鹹菜和鮮花。濃郁的香草溢漫著燒焦的奶油糖(太妃糖)-和波本威士忌相像覆盆子，深色水果，甜塔，乾橘皮，丁香花，又把我們帶回到了黑麥。這支酒的香氣是豐富而全面地 - 幾乎是油性的 - 且帶有萬壽菊，甜醬菜，糖蜜和簡潔橡木香的色彩。是的，這支酒是美麗而複雜。

口感：一開始就有強烈的香草味，奶糖，和辣椒，緊隨其後的是甜姜和些苦的柚子皮脂。這是一個典型的黑麥口感。些許的橡木單寧述說著酒齡 - 橙橘，乾無花果，和覆盆子。酒體有黑甘草酸的感覺，但不是那一種味道。燒焦的木炭隨著每一口酒，黑麥酸味像背景般的稱托。辣椒和姜被糖蜜和豐富的深色水果安頓下來。

結尾：幽長的香料和辣椒。李子在一旁。

空玻璃：簡潔的橡木和一些燒焦的木柴，燉水果，太妃糖，棉花糖和木炭。