Cask No. 122.76 Lightly Peated charcoal and samphire

charcoal and samphire

Date distilled: April 2007

Surprisingly smoky on the palate neat

sardine and salted caramel

rock pools encrusted with fizzing barnacles and simmering pasta water

Cask No. 122.76 Lightly Peated charcoal and samphireSix years in ex bourbon wood was followed by further maturation in a second fill American oak PX hogshead. The result is a curiosity dram, slightly bonkers, but forgivably so. The nose combined herbal barbecue smoke, cinnamon toast and pigs in blankets, with oily rags and tar. The palate evoked smoky bacon crisps, peanut butter, soy sauce, cheroots and tarry driftwood dry and grubby (in a good way). The reduced nose suggested campfire grilled Italian