Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 11 tasting notes

[concert_goer]

Kilkerran Heavily Peated NAS OB 70cl 57.9% ABV
Small Batch — Batch 11
Phenols: ~45 ppm
90% Bourbon and 10% Sherry Casks
Bottled September 17, 2024

Color: amber.
Nose: slightly burnt oatmeal, seaweed salad, wet newspaper, ash, chestnuts, motor oil, smoke, peat, vanilla and chocolate ice cream, electrical tape, lemons, butter, white button mushrooms, raspberries, apricots, ground pepper, pine resin. Wow, really great!
Taste: smoky and oily, with sweet apples, peat, lemons, pears, oranges, apricots, pepper, chocolate, coffee, oak, and red currants. Easily drinkable despite the cask strength.
Finish: lemons, chocolate, ash, pepper, salt, coffee, chokeberries, blackcurrant jam, and mint.
Score: 9. Between good and excellent. +2+2+2.

Conclusion: one of the best Kilkerran releases in the Heavily Peated series! The aftertaste does feel a bit young, so my final score would be 89/100 — still this is a very impressive malt from Glengyle distillery in Campbeltown, which remains my second favorite Scotch whisky region after Islay.

Comments

[guest-informant.livejournal.com]

so did you taste all 11 batches?