This right here is a 10-year-old single malt from an undisclosed distillery on Islay, with 25% of it having been finished in first-fill oloroso sherry casks, and bestowed the decidedly descriptive name Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire. If those four words (and three ampersands) aren't quite enough of an explanation of what this expression is all about, here are a few more: stripped-back, smoky, complex, a bit sherried, balanced, coastal. Yeah, that should do it. Great for people who love uncompromising Islay whisky and sans-serif fonts.
Rich, powerful sherry with a well-integrated core of peat. Solid.
Well-balanced but extremely forceful on delivery. The sherry makes itself known in a really good way.
Red apple sweetness gives way to oaken-vanilla goodness and fades elegantly into the embers of a chargrilled well-aged steak.
A thoroughly impressive dram. One would be forgiven for mistaking it for an OB with another 5 years of age on it.
Looking beyond the IKEA type font and you will find a delicious dram. The peat does hit you hard at the start but then retreats quickly to a smooth sherry cask finish. I love it.
Incredible for the money, amazing nose. It tastes exactly like it says it does. 15 hours from ordering in the evening until it turned up the next day. Excellent service.
This is a most unusual dram. I'm used to the Islay peat monsters announcing themselves loudly - all hail fellow and well met. This whisky, while not exactly diffident, takes it's time. It's a poker player of a whisky, drawing you in with sweetness and light before revealing a royal flush of peat smoke at the finish. This has become a favourite. It really is an excellent dram.
Best dram I've had in a long while, I can honestly say it's the first whisky I've been able to drink straight without adding water, very smooth with a slight smokey after taste , that's as technical as I get, will definatley be back.
Just ordered my second bottle, a great whisky that I just keep going back to, awesome stuff.
