Elixir Distillers
7.8

Elixir Distillers

10th Anniversary

ABV 55.9%

One for the peatheads. An essay in peat some will adore.

Rob Allanson

Specification

Elixir Distillers

Brand

Port Askaig

Bottler

10th Anniversary

Expression

Single Malt

Type

No age statement

Age (Years)

55.9%

ABV

Islay

Region/Country

Independent Bottling

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Rob Allanson

Taster

Nose: Oh hello, this is Sunday morning breakfast: well smoked bacon, oaty black pudding and the sweetness of honey and mustard sausages. Then moves to spent matches and cleaning out the ash tray on the log burner.

Palate: Hot buttered samphire, salty and oily. Roast pineapple and chilli bacon jam. Tangy apricots and gooseberries, all wrapped with a blanket of peat smoke.

Finish: A little fruity, with that peat smoke.

Comment: One for the peatheads. An essay in peat some will adore.

Score: 8.1

Lyndsey Gray

Taster

Nose: Waves of lime and chilli mussels, crispy seaweed, toasted brioche and chargrilled salmon lead, with some undertones of hot plastic and prawn crackers covered in dark soy sauce.

Palate: Full on heat with a seafood barbeque, pickled chillies and tobacco ash. Candyfloss, blackcurrant sherbet and an element of lighter fluid end up overpowering any fruit notes that are left.

Finish: Light in texture with an oily finish.

Comment: Major peat bomb with very little wiggle room.

Score: 7.5

7.8
Overall Score

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