The details are a bit scarce, but the flavor is all there.
claiming a spot in the Chinese whisky market by investing in new distilleries there. But it will be some time before these are distilled, aged and ready for us to try. In the meantime, there’s Goalong.
This whisky isn’t brand-spanking-new, but it’s only been available here in the US for about a year and really hasn’t been covered much during this time. The details are a bit sparse on the distillery’s website , but we’ve managed to piece them together using information from the US importer. The Goalong Distillery is located in Changsha, which is the capital of and largest city in the Hunan province.
The bottle is ornate and fancy looking, more like something you’d expect from a limited-edition bottle ofinstead of a whisky. And maybe there’s some intention behind this, given the popularity of pricy cognac in China. The whisky is good, but perhaps the flashy decanter is putting some lipstick on a pig. This is a tasty and fruity single malt, even if the mouthfeel does register a bit thin.
By far, the most popular type of alcohol in China is baiju—in fact, because of the number of people consuming baiju in China it is ranked as one of the most consumed spirits in the world. But there’s a big market for imported spirits there as well, especially Cognac and single malt scotch. With a price tag of somewhere between $130 and $150, depending on where you find it online , the producer of this whisky seems to be positioning it into the ultra-premium category.
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