Cask No. 53.471
Talk it over with old friends
$220
5 Left
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Flavour Profile:Peated
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Age:15 years
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Region:Islay
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Cask:Refill Spanish oak Oloroso & First-fill American oak PX Hogsheads
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ABV:58.5%
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VOL:700mL
Notes
About Talk it over with old friends: This cask is perfect for you and your peat-loving compatriots to indulge in, offering layer upon layer of singed, burnt and smoked sundries that seamlessly integrate with citrusy syrup notes. The exceptional complexity you discover is derived from two fully peated casks that were aged in different sherry casks – Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez – before being married into one glorious pour of Islay single malt.
Tasting Panel Note: Using burnt twigs we stirred coal tar and beech wood-smoked nectarines into a medicinal potion of chamomile and syrup. Then to the mix came figs infused with hickory smoke, sweet mustard and orange segments, before in went barbecued brisket to simmer. A dash of water caused the flames from burning heather to tickle the rind of bacon dipped in treacle as the skin of juicy pineapples bubbled and popped. Our attention now turned to sticky ginger cake and walnuts in brioche buns, fresh from the oven and finished with bramble jam, coffee beans and sprigs of thyme. The starting point for this small batch was two bourbon hogsheads of single malt Scotch whisky. One cask was transferred at 11 years old years old to a first fill American oak PX hogshead, and the other at 10 years old to a refill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead. The casks were then married together before bottling.
USA allocation: 90 bottles
