Cask No. 53.441

Ménage of smoke

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  • Flavour Profile:
    Peated
  • Age:
    12 years
  • Region:
    Islay
  • Cask:
    First-fill Spanish oak Oloroso hogshead
  • ABV:
    56.4%
  • VOL:
    700mL

Notes

Cask No. 53.441   

Ménage of smoke

Islay

Our nose was greeted with peppercorns in a warm leather satchel, tucked away in the pocket of a waxed cotton jacket. On the palate we were cold-smoking cheddar, roast beef and rye bread with mesquite wood. Adding water brought forward sweet and herbaceous treats, where cinder toffee and treacle mingled with thyme and buttered digestive biscuits. The palate was also now sweet-savoury, with Christmas cake and golden syrup on wholemeal bread, followed shortly by a chilli spice that numbed the mouth. After nine years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this to a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.

Cask: First fill Spanish oak Oloroso hogshead
Age: 12 years
Date distilled: June 2010
Alcohol: 56.4%
USA allocation: 84 bottles
700mL bottle format

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