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.
Not bad but a little expensive for my usual wee dram
All the whisky's in this range are wonderful, becoming more and more wonderful depending on the strenth and how long they have spent in the sherry barrels, but the best ones are becoming a bit too expensive. This more basic version is still great.
Lovely smokey flavour without being acrid and becoming TCP when you dilute with water, as I was taught by a famous Scot. Well balance and good value for money.
Great stuff. Tread with care. Needs water/ice to temper the beast. Not a glugger. Not for beginners!
TCP smell, Smokey, like a light laphroaig. Really not nice. Never again.
