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This right here is a superb ten-year-old single malt Scotch whisky, distilled by an undisclosed distillery on Epidion. Now, if you look at a map of Scotland, you're unlikely to see Epidion on there, unless it's an extraordinarily out of date map. Y'see, Epidion is the name that was recorded for Islay by mathematician and geographer Ptolemy all the way back in the 100s. It feels sort of weird to write the 100s like it's the 1980s, but it's technically correct, and that's when Ptolemy was alive, so we're going with it.
Anyway, yes, Epidion is a very old name for Islay, hence why it has been used as the name for this fabulous Islay single malt whisky! Bottled up at a hearty 54.7% ABV, a portion of the whisky was matured in sherry casks, imparting a touch of sweetness to its richly peaty core. Now you can enjoy smoky single malt and use archaic names for an island like you're a time traveller. Maybe you could wear some sort of exciting hat to further the idea that you are unstuck from the constraints of time?
Creamy and doughy to begin, with buttered sourdough and vanilla shortbread bolstered by sprinklings of sweet spice and rich oak char, before crashing waves of vegetal, smoky peat take hold.
Sweet stone fruits and dense peat smoke collide in spectacular fashion, with creamy vanilla and juicy barley in tow. There are charred herbs and pungent bonfire embers, with sticky toffee tangling beneath.
A splendid balance of sweet peat, earthy smoke, cakey spice, vibrant oak char, and vanilla, with tickles of pepper and smoked peanuts in the distance.
£5.57 - £59.90
Looking at the spread of reviews this seems to be a whiskey that people either love, hate or feel meh about. I really liked it. I’m not going to give it five stars because even though it’s great it’s not one of the truly transcendent whiskeys. Somebody’s made their own blend of Isla whiskeys and they’ve done a very good job. It reminds me a little bit of some of the single cask Laphroaigs that I had 50 years ago. And at cast strength it’s a real treat for a taster; you can keep adding 10 mil of water to it until you get it to 40 percent if you like and if you do that you get something that opens out wonderfully – it’s like a whole Christmas dinner from beginning to end. I’ve yet to dilute it to 40% but I’m going to try doing that with a dram and see what it’s like. But until I do that and I imagine even after I have it, it’s a very nice bottle of whiskey.
This is a slightly Smokey whisky with a cheesy aroma. Unfortunately I find the cheesy aroma off putting but I like Smokey whisky’s. The alcohol is smooth but the flavours are underwhelming. Overall a 3 is generous.
I’m writing this review on the strength of someone comparing it to Dolly mixtures. It’s nothing like and is a decent, peaty whisky. Perhaps this reviewer got a bad bottle. I bought it following a recommendation and can certainly recommend it myself.
A really great whiskey, drunk neat it’s velvet smooth deeply flavoursome a Rich Smokey finish is followed by a warming glow.
superb whisky well recomended