Adelphi 'Ardnagherkin' Peated 2015 6 Year Old Cask No: 672

(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual Ardnamurchan & Adelphi Tasting, 01 April 2022. Hosted by GSC, and presented by Graeme Mackay and Connal MacKenzie from Adelphi). Nose: Cider vinegar, pig pen, cow dung, pickled gherkins, chip shop onions, damp dog. Basically, it smells like pickled pig shit! Palate: Wet peat, sweet, caramel, vanilla, light stone fruit Finish: Short finish. Light peat smoke, char, hints of fruit, salty and quite sour on the aftertaste. 1 of 253 bottles Cask No: 672 Ex-Glen Moray cask Something went a bit wrong with this barrel, so they couldn't use it in any batch. But, they realised that it still tasted pretty good and wanted to share it, so they recognised it for what it was - bizarre - and bottled it anyway. I like that ethos! This is f*cking weird! On the nose it smells - genuinely - like pig shit. There's a sourness throughout the taste, which links it back to the 'gherkin' branding. It's bizarre, it tastes much (much!) better than it smells - thank god!. Fun. Weird, but fun. This is, without any doubt, one of the weirdest whiskies I have ever tried. It smells, well, like shit! But it tastes great. It wasn't my favourite of the tasting but it is the one I most wanted to buy. There's a perverse pleasure in having such a challenging whisky to share with friends - "try this! it smells shitty, but tastes great!". Unfortunately, I was unsuccessful in the ballot, but I will be keeping an eye open for it - just in case! The tasting note of the evening came from someone with the screen name 'Vineet': "Smells like Scottish tablet that fell in the shitter!". Pretty accurate. Came joint fourth out of the six drams, with 9% of the final vote for favourite of the night. 72% of those present said they enjoyed the whisky.