Cask No. 53.466

Crunchy munchies

$220

51 Left

Flavour Profile:

Lightly Peated
Age:

15 years
Region:

Islay
Cask:

First-fill American oak PX hogshead
ABV:

56.8%
VOL:

700mL

Notes

New York International Spirits Competition 2024 - 15yr Islay Single Malt Scotch of the Year

About Crunchy munchies: Sun-drenched seaside al fresco dining meets tarry-roped docks in this lightly smoky and fully enthralling Islay single malt. NYISC judges thought this was one of the very best they tasted…. we think you’ll agree!

Tasting Panel Note: The first impression was that of salt, sea and light smoke, like opening a jar of olives on a Greek island in summer and adding them to a smoked mackerel and pickled walnut salad. On the palate we returned from Greece to a well-known Scottish whisky island with tarry and meaty flavours as we enjoyed roasted octopus with honeyed soy sauce and seaweed. After reduction we had a salt beef and mustard mayo rye bread sandwich while we waited for our freshly roasted lamb which was cooking, super slowly, on a spit over charcoals. Following 11 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky into a first fill American oak PX hogshead.

USA allocation: 108 bottles