Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire is a fabulous single malt all the way from Islay, matured for 10 years, including 25% of it having been finished in first-fill Oloroso sherry octaves. Now, what we've got here is that very same whisky, but bottled up at cask strength! The bumped-up ABV helps to reinforce the coastal focus of the dram, while also bolstering the wonderfully sherried notes, resulting in a fantastically full-flavoured expression. Still no hints as to which distillery it comes from, mind. The label certainly isn't giving anything away, though it is pleasingly straightforward and to the point.
Dulse, sultana, honeyed apricot, oatcakes, rock pools and beach bonfires.
Richly smoky with BBQ char and maritime peat, juxtaposed with hints of fruity sherry and a few squares of dark chocolate.
Spiced hot chocolate, toasted cedar, burnt ends, scorched barley.
It wears its Islay heart on its sleeve, this one, but that doesn't mean it's uncomplex in the slightest.
