I don’t think it’s unfair to say that many industry-standard taste descriptors—like smoky peaty, bold, or briny—are sometimes hard to pin down. That’s why, when I tried Sandend, a Scotch whisky “enlivened by the ocean shore,” I was skeptical.
Thankfully, I was also downright wrong. You can definitely smell and taste the clean ocean breeze in this bottle of single malt, which is building a cult following for the 150-year-old Glenglassaugh Distillery.
Located on the gorgeous Scottish coast in Aberdeenshire...