ABV 55.9%
One for the peatheads. An essay in peat some will adore.
Rob Allanson
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
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
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
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