Kilkerran 8 Year Cask Strength 55.7%

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The November 2017 bottling of Kilkerran 8 Year Cask Strength, the second release as far as we are aware, recently landed in Alberta. Bottled at 55.7%, the whisky was made from lightly peated malt at the Glengyle Distillery and matured in 100% Ex-Bourbon oak.

Andrew’s Tasting Note

Nose: candied orange, cantaloupe and waxed pears; liquid honey and juice malt; a touch of clean peat smoke and salty maritime tones.

Palate: sweet, honeyed and creamy with soft fruits and rapidly building smoke; oily, gentle and coating for 55%+; more orange, pear and cantaloupe; some building tar, leather and spices with firmer peat and smoke than the nose let on.

Finish: medium in length, coating and creamy; fading fruits, salt, leather, smoke and spices.

Comment: this is the kind of malt that sucks you in on the nose and then thumps over the head on the palate; big and layered for an 8 year; bold but not sharp!

700 ml