Cask No. 23.81 Rum The aromas neat were like

The aromas neat were like reading the dessert menu in a restaurant

Caesar salad dressing combined with lavender and cherry yoghurt over lime peel

exotic fruits from a different planet

Transferred at 14 years of age into a first fill charred red wine barrique from a refill bourbon hogshead

A delicate sweet smoke like that of grilled scallops with a marinade consisting of honey

Cask No. 23.81 Rum The aromas neat were likeAn immediately robust and distillate forward example of this Islay make, one which gives the lie to the idea that it is a 'gentle' malt. The nose was brimming with wet gravel, plaster and fat slabs of halloumi grilling on a barbecue. We gathered impressions of mechanics' overalls, tug boats, cheese curds and a farmyard, plus burning heather and old wooden malt bins. Reduction brought out wet grains and buttered toast, dried nettles, lemon thyme,