Cask No. 137.7 26 – 30 years On the table sat vanilla

On the table sat vanilla sponge cake with layers of marzipan

packed with dark cherries and topped with clotted cream and opulent chocolate that was so dark it seemed to absorb the light in the room

chocolate coconut and Turkish delight truffles

pineapple cubes and warm spun sugar

rhubarb and lime – but now wrapped in tasty

Cask No. 137.7 26 – 30 years On the table sat vanillaCask No. 137. 7 How to kill your Dragon England Pure wood ashes and charred embers. Newspaper ash, sooty coal scuttles, snapped twigs, green peppercorns toasting on a skillet and sizzling bacon. Notes of pork scratching, marmite, tar extract, medical embrocations and pure seawater. A seesaw between the seashore and the farmyard. Water settles everything down to a bass like smoky kedgeree of kipper oils, citrus juices, herbal resins, toasted pine cones