SMOKE DEVILS AND TIPSY ANGELS
Cask No. 156.2
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The nose evokes a beach bonfire barbecue on shell sand – maple-cured bacon and Portobello mushrooms sizzling away; someone is smoking Sobrani cigarettes and there are creamy custard tarts for after. The palate is pretty straightforward – balancing simple sugary barley sweetness with mineral, shale-like smoke; it has a slightly oily mouth-feel.
Water shifts the nose to coal tar soap and creamy, nutty smoke. The palate is now much sweeter and better balanced – imagine smoked bonbons; a touch of citrus starts to come through – lemon, clove and Fisherman’s Friends on the finish. A dram for inner warmth before chopping logs in the snow.
Age | 9 years |
Date Distilled | 21 February 2008 |
Cask Type | Refill ex-bourbon hogshead |
Region | Islands |
Outturn | 232 bottles |
ABV | 58.5 % |