Kilkerran 12 Year

After bottle is open 9 months this is no better. Very disapointed in this bottle. Possibly they have extreme batch variances. Nevever will I buy again

Scotch whisky molto pepato, più forte alcolicamente (46%) di altri. Poco tornato ma con forti sentori salini.

Nose: 4,25* Lemon juice, sea breeze, pine-y herbal sauna damp, layer of juicy oranges and fruity sherry underneath Palate: 4* Rounded and complex for it’s age. Oranges, pepper, peaches and earthiness Finish: 4* Ashy smoke, pepper, nice amount of oak and sauna herbs, earthy, slightly bittering, the good kind of drying Price to Value Ratio: +,25* Great, classic malt with distinct character. First bottle i know i would buy again and again!

It's got a perfect combo of sweetness and smoke (coming from someone who doesn't like the punchy smoke of Laphroaig - if that's for you, then this might be too tame on the peat notes). This has a good amount of bite to it, a kick of spice and plenty to chew on. A whisky for those who want to ride the wave of sweet and smoky.

Getting fruit on the nose with a little singe from the smoke along with some menthol note. Palate is a bit zesty and fresh. Fruit with some caramel or butterscotch. A little spice from the peat and smokeyness. The finish is short to medium.

This whisky has a spot in my small top-shelve list. Every time I come back to it I am reminded how insanely good it is. Unbelievable really for a 12 year old. It has such a unique, intense, vibrant and clean nose with a fantastic balance of bright fruit and peat. Mild spices and organic aromas (like earth, sand, reed, hay) too. The palate equally exiting. Bright and intense. Malty and fresh sour fruits. Then it developes a so unique flavor profile which makes me really love this whisky. Also some nuts and honey later on. I can hardly describe it but it is like sucking on rock candy and ocean-driftwood. Like a necklace of beach findings. I know it sounds weird but it really reminds me of vacation with my parents at the Baltic Sea as a kid, where we collected everything that was washed on the beach, where somewhere in the back someone has a campfire going. Call me weird but this unique expression and character secures this whiskies spot on my top-shelve. The finish is very nice spicey and salty with a subtle but charming peat. I cannot wait for the 16y - it is still not available anywhere but I am really looking forward to it.

Neck pour, first impressions: Semi-sweet, oily, full, smoked ham, brine and light peat. Delightful!

Nose: sherry, red fruit Palate: more of the same Finish medium-long

Recommended by Phill B