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.
I tried this slightly chilled after placing it for half an hour in the fridge and it seems to bring the flavours out in a more spectacular style. It was bought on the same week that I received a Laphroaig 10 as a Father's Day gift, but I'm preferring this as there isn't an overload of peat smoke like the Laphroaig. It's still smokey, but more subtle. I'd been curious about Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire for a month or so now and thought I'd better try it just in case it becomes unavailable. There are some sweet, fruity flavours coming through on tasting along with a hint of toffee and all without an unpleasant burning sensation and it's very moreish too. I'm also guessing that it may have been finished in sherry casks as there's some on the nose. I'm usually a Glenfiddich & Glenfarclas man, so this an excellent introduction to Islay whisky. All in all, not a bad buy for a 10 year old. I would love to find out which 'undisclosed' distillery it came from. I suppose it's just a coincidence that the Laphroaig bottle and the Seaweed bottle are identical! There's only about 35cl left now and I've only had it for two days. I'm not a newcomer to whisky, but I can't get to grips why some folk pay hundreds of pounds for a bottle of something or other just because of it's age or rarity. I've tasted some dreadful 18 and 21 year old whiskies, distillery editions etc. etc. before now. Just be more adventurous and give something like this a chance.
An undisclosed distillery? Is that because they don’t want their name tarnished by association with this fake smoke swill?
Bought this for my dad for Father’s Day.....he is a total whisky nut and can pretty much tell which whisky he’s drinking without having seen the dram being poured (it was a game we played when we ran a pub together and had over 100 malts on the top shelf) #skills, so it was very exciting to find a brand new dram for him. He’s just text to say it’s absolutely cracking, so thanks MoM for this bottle of awesomeness!
I don't get the high praise for this. There's definitely a depth to the whisky and hi t has a nice late fiery hit of peat smoke. But the arrival is quite weak and it has a bit of a sweet but mild middle taste before that rising fire at the end. Certainly unique but really lack up front punch that you want in whisky. I think the bottling at only 40% really harms this whisky and takes drama out of it.
What a find, lovely smokiness that lingers, excellent value.
