Scotch Malt Whisky Society 53.184

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FAIRGROUND ON THE BEACH

This 19 year old Ileach is still an impressive 60.4% after maturing in a Refill Butt. The Outturn was 505 bottles with a portion having come to Canada.

Profile: "Heavily peated."

Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose offered candy floss, cinder toffee, peat smoke, rock-pools, barbecues and donuts, evoking Port Ellen’s occasional beach fairground. It also had lemon, ash, dark chocolate and bacon Frazzles. The neat taste was almost galactic in its vastness, with lots of smoke, intense spice, chocolate (violet creams, chocolate gingers, Crunchie) and flavours of roast pork (with crackling) and vegetable kebabs. The reduced nose combined maple-glazed ham (clove and pineapple) with wood-smoke by the sea-shore, tar, gym shoes and canvas. The palate now uncovered faint lavender, crispy seaweed, ash, black peppercorns, smoke, tar and something vaguely medicinal. From Islay’s biggest distillery."

Drinking Tip: "Might put you in the frame of mind for a Huckleberry Finn or Bilbo Baggins kind of adventure."

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