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$71.99
The Peat's Best Single Malt Scotch was featured on Day 4 of our 2021 KWM Whisky Calendar
A mystery peated (33 ppm apparently) single malt bottled at 46% without colouring or chill-filtering. What is the source? We have been told it isn't Islay and the label makes no such claims Islay either. We have our own ideas on where the malt could be from, but we don't know for sure!
700 mlEvan’s Tasting Note
Nose: If you stirred olive oil and smokey bacon into your morning oatmeal, I imagine this is what it would smell like. Maybe you squeezed a grilled lemon onto it all for good measure.It is a combination of malt and cereal notes plus oily and mineral-driven peat and salty notes on a bed of ozone and coastal influence.
Palate: Salty bacon again with a side of sliced grapefruit with sugar sprinkled on top. Oily and slightly creamy with plenty of coastal notes in the mix again. Hershey's cookies and cream bars, grilled scallops, lemongrass, olive oil, and a lavender-scented soap used to ineffectively scrub permanent marker off your child's hands while they pretend they didn't do anything wrong...
Finish: Oily, creamy and salty. Expressive yet remarkably mineral-driven.
Comment: It is likely just the power of perception, but I agree with Andrew: This Beast does have a Ledaig-like quality to it. Or maybe Ardmore? Who knows?!? Whether either is the source or not, I like it!
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: A rugged fusion of sea spray, bonfire smoke, damp earth and spicy cinnamon immediately arouses the senses. These powerful aromas of peat moss and wet grass must be fully respected before seductive notes of crushed pear, apple and freshly baked bread provide the perfect finish to this memorable melody.
Taste: Strong and bold with plenty of backbone and structure as this great monster unfolds its fiery fangs on your palate. This is not for the faint hearted. Take a generous mouthful with a biting wind blowing furiously in your face. Hold it long in your mouth allow the thick tar, peat smoke and creamy liquorice to penetrate every part of your tongue. Time will tame it.
$79.99
It is back and exclusive to KWM in Calgary again, bottled at 58%. The Ileach Cask Strength is a mystery malt from Islay. In other words, the distillery of origin is a mystery but, look closely at the label, and you'll see a couple of clues: the distillery has its own bay, presumably passable on only the one side; it's water-front has a distinct appearance; and could that be the ruins of the Dunyvaig Castle on the far right? Lagging behind and not understanding our not-so-subtle hints on which distillery this could be? Fear not - this is what makes Mystery Malts so much fun.
$74.99
Believed to be Caol Ila, the whisky is bottled at a cask strength of 58%. Finlaggan is an Islay mystery malt named for the most historically significant site on Islay. Loch (lake) Finlaggan--named after St. Findulgan who is believed to have brought Christianity to Islay--and its islands were the political and social capital of the Lord's of the Isles, who ruled the Western Isles of Scotland for over 400 years. Finlaggan Cask Strength is put together by the Vintage Malt Whisky Company, whom are also responsible for the Cooper's Choice and Ileach lineup. It is bottled at a batch strength of 58% ABV.
$83.99
Bottled at 52.1%, the Peat's Beast Batch Strength is matured in American oak casks. The whisky comes from an undisclosed Distillery.
$96.99
A mystery Single Malt, bottled at 54.1% after finishing for 9 months in PX Sherry Casks.
