Scotch Malt Whisky Society 29.105

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SOLD OUT! - Not expected to return to KWM! 

MASSIVE AND VOLCANIC

Matured 12 years in a Refill Sherry Butt and bottled at 59.6%. Not for the faint of heart!

Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose leapt out with smoke, tar and smouldering embers (waking up the 'danger' zone of the cortex); it was also briny, with minty humbugs, some kind of green leaf and vanilla. The palate was described as "Massive!" and "Volcanic" - ash, liquorice, tar and salt, with wild boar sausages and something lovely and sweet hiding away, like a ballerina in a group of miners. Water hardly dented the nose - sweet-cured bacon, diesel exhaust and molasses. The palate seemed sweeter - chocolate in amongst the smoke and a lavender after-taste. One of the founders, Donald Johnston, drowned after falling into 'burnt ale."

Drinking Tip: "A late night dram."

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