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Goalong Blended Chinese Whisky

Goalong Blended Chinese Whisky

7.5 /10
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Distillery: Goalong Distillery
Type: Chinese
ABV: 40%
Price: £35.95

Tasting Notes

Nose

Light grain, vanilla, faint apple blossom. Hazelnut, apple, toffee. The Chinese provenance adds a distinctive cereal freshness. Modest but genuine.

Palate

Soft, easy-drinking — caramel, biscuit, white fruit. Malt, honey, baking spice. Creamy texture. The blend of grain and malt whiskies creates a clean, balanced profile. At 40%, smooth and accessible.

Finish

Complex — a balanced finish that shows more depth than the modest price suggests.

Goalong Blended is produced by the Goalong distillery in Hunan Province, China — one of the mountainous interior regions where Chinese whisky production is developing rapidly. The blend combines grain and malt whiskies matured in oak, creating a clean, accessible whisky that represents China's growing ambitions in the spirits world.

Chinese whisky is still a novelty to most international drinkers, but Goalong demonstrates genuine quality. The blend is clean, mellow and well-balanced — not a statement whisky, but an honest one. The Hunan terroir and local grain varieties give it a subtle distinctiveness.

Goalong Blended is an interesting introduction to Chinese whisky for adventurous drinkers. The quality is genuine, the price fair, and the Chinese provenance adds a dimension of novelty that may appeal to collectors of world whisky. China's whisky journey is just beginning, and Goalong is one of its more credible early chapters.

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Sienna Blackwell
Sienna Blackwell
World Whiskey Editor

Sienna came to whiskey via the American craft distilling movement — she spent three years working harvest seasons at distilleries across Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oregon before turning to writing full-...

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