Another month, another delayed tasting. But with Wellington back to Level 1, we got to have the Peat Feast.
Wolfburn 'Kylver Series' III 50%
- N: bananas, custard, lycee, light peat
- P: sweet, IPA, fruity, prickly, honey
- F: long, dry, salty, well balanced.
Nice enough, but not great. It came 6th (7.87) and I'd given it a 7/10
Smokehead Islay 43%
- N: medicinal, smokey, peat (lots), bacon, maldon salt, vigorous, sherbert, pecorino
- P: bitter, light, low alc, phenol, salt.
- F: short, salty, bitter
Came last with 6.43 (6/10 for me) not good.
Highland Park The Light 52.9% Refill USA oak, 17yo
- N: sweet, bourbon, cut grass, creme brulee, low peat?, ginger, pineapple, winegums
- P: winegums, spicy, cinnamon/nutmeg
- F: medium, bitter
Came 7th (7.12), I only gave it 6/10. Selling on name alone.
Loch Lomond 12yo Croftengea OMC refill hogshead HL15541 03.2006-11.2018 50%
- N: toffee russian fudge, trifle, espresso martini
- P: tingly, watery, one dimensional
- F: long builds, hot
5th (7.98), I really didn't like this one, found it boring and watery, 5/10
Ardmore 9to BBR 2008-2018 9yo 52.3%
- N: ash, seaweed, fresh gumboots, salty, sweet, med vigorous
- P: peat, medicinal, light
- F: peat builds
I gave it 7.5/10, liked this one (4th with 8.04)
Bruichladdich Octomore 10.3 2013-2019 6yo 114ppm 61.3%
- N: yes! cabbage, alcohol, waxy, oily, smoke, bacon, carbon
- P: ash, strong, vigorous, peat, medicinal, big
- F: medium
not the biggest octomore fan, but i liked this, although a bit boring on the finish, the rest had stuff going for it.
8/10 (it came 1st with 8.39)
Smokehead High Voltage 58%
- N: toffee, macaroni cheese, wood chips, manuka
- P: salt, peat, bacon, not subtle,
- F: long
Liked this one, it does what it says on the tin. 8.5/10 (came 2nd with 8.31)
Glenlivet Nadurra peated small batch, 61.8%
- N: winegums, icecream, apple, pear, maple syrup, vanilla, boubon oak, spearmint
- P: complex, sherry, smoke
- F: long complex
yeah i loved this, and it's cheap (around $110NZ) 9/10 for me. (3rd on the night, 8.18)
Overall, possibly a little disappointing in sheer fuck offness peat, but there were some very nice whiskies there.
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