Gastronomic beachcombing

$165

Flavour Profile:

Peated
Age:

12 years
Region:

Islay
Cask:

First-fill European Oak Pedro Ximenez butt
ABV:

58.9%
VOL:

700mL

Notes

About Gastronomic beachcombing : Cask No. 53.491 ‘Gastronimic beachcombing' is a featured character in the epic action film ‘Smoke on the Horizon’. An ultra small batch created using two ex-bourbon hogheads, each transferred to second casks for additional maturation, this just may be one of the most incredible whiskies we’ve seen from Distillery 53 to date. It’s got everything you’d want from a big and bold Islay spirit wrapped up in a warm blanket of PX sherry. Sublime!

Tasting Panel Note: The nose evoked a beach barbecue, serving grilled pineapple, duck, venison and seared tuna with a soy glaze. The palate’s massive flavours included coal tar, ginger beer, smoked prunes, brine and chimney scrapings – but also pain aux raisins, heather honey and panettone bread and butter pudding. The reduced nose suggested dandelion and burdock, raisins macerated in birch tar liqueur, aubergine fritters and seaweed on lobster. The palate had crab and wakame salad with lemon thyme dressing, then black pepper and eucalyptus to finish. At nine years of age, we combined two ex-bourbon hogsheads from the same distillery into this cask for further maturation.

USA allocation: 120 bottles