Expert Review

Nose: Toffee and Spice with a slight citrus edge. A little water can help to open the nose further. Taste: Surprisingly rough at first but quickly settling to a warm slightly smokey taste at the back of the mouth with an underlying caramel sweetness. Finish: A fairly short finish of burnt fudge or caramel with a hint of oak in the background. Haig Dimple is a fast disappearing part of whisky history. I have laid down a couple of bottles myself for posterity. All of the bottles on our online Haig Whisky shop date from the 40’s 50’s and 60’s, so you really are in touch with the Spitfire to Madmen whisky generation. Dimple’s lesser known and slightly stronger American cousin Haig Pinch or Dimple Pinch has recently regained a growing cult status after it featured in the American TV series Breaking Bad with the catch phrase whisky order from lead character Walter White of “Dimple Pinch – Neat!”