Scotch Malt Whisky Society 31.27

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BOLD SAILOR'S DRAM

A 25 year Island whisky from a refill hogshead 52.4%

Flavour profile:  Lightly peated

Outturn:  245 bottles

Panel’s tasting note: “A complex nose – sweet, salty and medicinal, with light smoke – panellists mentioned salted popcorn, ham with pineapple, seaweed and various impressions of wood. With water, we imagined sea-breezes and bold sailors strutting along a breakwater by oyster shells and dying barbecues; also sweet suggestions of apricot Danish and Edinburgh Rock. The palate was fascinating – maritime notes joined by citrus (including Terry’s chocolate orange), clove-studded ham, oak, ash, white pepper and coal-dust. The reduced palate found sweet tobacco, floral flavours (lavender, Parma Violets candy) and the dryness of heather smoke and barbecued meat and shellfish. The K Foundation burned £1,000,000 here in 1994.”

Drinking tip: “Beach barbecue dram - with or without sailors”

750 ml