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.
Jesus H Christ, tell me you're restocking this? What a peach.
Loved this, sad that it’s out of stock
Having recently tried and enjoyed a few smokey whisky's I thought I'd branch out a little further and try this one, but I think I strayed too far from my comfort zone of smooth Speysiders and those with hints of smoke. If you like full bodied, heavy smoked, strong flavoured whisky, this is the bottle for you... It's just not for me!
Really lovely balance of smoke and sherry and at a great price. Powerful stuff so be ready!
This was an unexpected (but welcome) gift. Cracked it open last night after a month in a cupboard, pleasantly surprised. I'm a big Islay fan (especially Ardbeg), this is very "Islayish", quite a strong seaweedy kick, hints of germoline (only way I know how to describe it, but you probably know what I mean), but it very quickly subsides into warmth and more subtle tastes. Slightly sweet in a caramel way, washes down nicely with a lager accompaniment :)
