Scotch Malt Whisky Society 29.172

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SMOKED BEER

This 20 year old from Islay comes in at 58.2% after maturing in a refill barrel

Flavour profile:  Lightly peated

Outturn:  212 bottles

Panel's tasting note:  "Lovely sweet, yeasty and malty aromas neat. It might be a mug of hot Ovaltine or indeed a stein of cool Rauchbier from Germany – take your pick. With it you will eat either a hot dog in a sweet poppy seed bun topped with yellow spicy mustard, chopped fried onions, and sweet pickle relish or a Pancetta-wrapped pork roll. With water, a salty and fishy dimension was added on the nose, seaweed, a timber groyne, salty bacon and sweet pickled herring. In the taste, burnt salted butter, sweet ‘n’ salted popcorn and we washed it all down with a Benedictine herbal liqueur."

Drinking tip:  "Has there ever been a better way of ending the day?"

750 ml