The nose was a hillbilly honker Рhay-smoked cloudy cider and beech-smoked cheese, apple skins, nutmeg and burning barns Рoh, and ice cream cones for the kids. The palate had chalky textures, herbal hints, lavender and violets and tasty bittersweet flavours of apple chutney and pineapple crumble with a soup̤on of soot drying the finish.

The reduced nose remained curious – blackcurrant leaf and jam, toffee and Caramac sweetness, sacks of green malt in an old shack and further herbal hints of menthol and mint. The palate became sweet and earthy – charred lemon, tree bark, ash and pork cooked in cider.