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Elements of Islay Bourbon Cask

Elements of Islay Bourbon Cask

$97.99

Producer Note: "Elements of Islay Bourbon Cask is part of the new core range trilogy alongside Cask Edit and Sherry Cask. It is matured in first fill and refill bourbon barrels and is bottled at a higher strength of 54.5% to fully showcase the whisky’s natural personality. Classic rich barbecue smoke from a south coast Islay distillery combines with more subtle, zesty flavours from the north coast.

Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 54.5% abv.

700ml ml
Region:Scotland > Islay
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Whisky Fun Tasting Note (Serge):

"There's both some first-fill and some refill bourbon wood in use here. Beginner 101: when they say first fill, that means that it's been filled before (I know, how tricky) but that that was with other liquids than Scotch whisky. Colour: white wine with greenish hues. Nose: perfection. Raw wool, fresh almonds, cigar ashes, and whelks and winkles. Do not laugh, whelks and winkles are seminal to many a peater. With water: perfect gristy smoky barleyness and leaven breads. Mouth (neat): iodine, lemon juice, seawater, and twenty-four oysters (like, No.2). Indeed, that's a minimum. With water: no changes, but that's not a problem. Finish: very long, very much on iodine and anything from both the sea and a proper kiln. And ashes. Comments: it's a simple, well-carved whisky, but that's probably one its main assets. The smoke's actually pretty huge. 88 points.

 

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