Scotch Malt Whisky Society 33.138

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AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS ONLY BY LOTTERY. ENTRIES ACCEPTED UNTIL NOON, TUES. DEC. 8TH AND MEMBERSHIP MUST BE IN GOOD STANDING AT TIME OF DRAW.

A THIGH-SLAPPING DRAM

This 12 year old from Islay was matured in a 2nd fill Oloroso butt and comes in at 60.9%.

Flavour profile:  Peated.

Outturn:  615 bottles.

Panel's tasting note:  "Nose - brandy snaps, cafe noir biscuits, dark toffee, liquorice, treacle, molasses and crispy mackerel skin grilled over peat. Palate - visceral sweet smoke, burnt twigs, raisins, dark chocolate and Lapsang Souchong tea - a mouth-filling, lip-smacking, cockle-warming, thigh-slapping dram.

The nose turns sweeter with water - maple syrup and brown sugar - but there's a coal fire in a wood-panelled room or a bucket and spade on the beach by a tarry driftwood bonfire. Now the palate balances maple candies, treacle toffee and sugar-coated fennel seeds with pipe dottles, medicinal notes and tying leather thongs with your teeth - you can provide the back story."

750 ml