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.
Mild peat and fruity sherry on the nose. Smooth sweet and fruity to start followed by a hint of vanilla and mellow peaty smoke. Bit rough on the finish. Unrefined slightly confused dram lacking body. I am a full power peat head so this was a little underwhelming, like a mild Spey/Highland with added smoke
Islay is my go to region for single malt, so my opinion may be considered biased but this was a great dram. Easily mistaken for an older age, full bodied, slightly sweet to start but holds a kick at the end. More like a lagavulin than a laphraoig.
This really was one of the worst pleated whiskies I’ve ever had. Very very rough on the tongue and the aftertaste is warming but uncomplicated, you can really just taste the alcohol over the peat. Throw another tenner in and get a laphroaig 10.
Absolutely love this, not to harsh, full of depth and great value
I think that this is an outstanding whisky and I’ve almost finished the bottle. Sadly I missed the boat on the special offer so would like to know when you have more stock availability
