Old Malt Cask
8.4

Old Malt Cask

Ardbeg Distillery

1992, Aged 12 Years, Rum Finish, Bottled for Park Avenue Liquor Shop

ABV 50%

Good balance between heavy phenols and sweet creamy oak. A long, generous, palate filler.

Dave Broom

Specification

Douglas Laing

Old Malt Cask

Brand

Douglas Laing

Bottler

1992, Aged 12 Years, Rum Finish, Bottled for Park Avenue Liquor Shop

Expression

Single Malt

Type

12

Age (Years)

2004

Year of Bottling

50%

ABV

Islay

Region/Country

Independent Bottling

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Dave Broom

Taster

Nose: Cooked fruit, light medicinal notes, fish oil, black olives in brine, dried seaweed. Vanilla.

Palate: Layered flavours. Starts sweet (banana) then Savlon, seaweed, tar-covered pebbles, with perfumed smoke on top. Balanced.

Finish: Tarry. Peat.

Comment: Good balance between heavy phenols and sweet creamy oak. A long, generous, palate filler.

Score: 8.3

Michael Jackson

Taster

Nose: Fragrant. Saffron.

Palate: Delicate. Slips down like a freshly shucked oyster. Sweet, then smoky, then toasty.

Finish: Sharply appetising acidity.

Comment: With smoked salmon and a squeeze of lemon.

Score: 8.5

8.4
Overall Score

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