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Cask No. Distillery 53 small batch, THROW THE CORK AWAY!

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Cask No. Distillery 53 small batch Peated

THROW THE CORK AWAY!

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We imagined cooking sesame peanut noodles with umami paste on an old steam tugboat with boiler smoke, engine oils, tar and mechanical rags next to aromas of camphor and creosote. On the palate smoke galore – imagine a peat smoked green olive tapenade made with olives, anchovies, garlic, parsley, olive oil, capers and lemon zest – add some Maggi liquid seasoning and wasabi – you get the picture!

Following reduction, the scent was that of dry cured streaky bacon, apples baked with raisins and cinnamon as we made ourselves a Pu-erh tea. The taste now salty, sweet and smoky as well as oily, thick and tarry – terrific! This batch was matured in a combination of ex-bourbon and American oak Oloroso hogsheads. Bottled for the 2022 Islay Whisky Festival.

 

Age 8 years
Date Distilled 1 April 2013
Initial Cask Type Ex-bourbon hogsheads
Final Cask Type 1st fill Oloroso hogsheads
Region Islay
Outturn 2677 bottles
ABV 58.4 %