Kilkerran 12 Year

Delicious. Cool brown sugar/honey thing going on. Great amount of peat. Puts its anchor down as it travels down your throat, and it ends with a slight taste of coffee.

Little too much bourbon form my taste

interesting complexity in the finish. hint of spice, peat and Sherry with ever so slightly salted undertones. pretty good

A little too peated but still tasty

As a big fan of peat I have noticed my collection was rather lopsided with islay. I decided to rectify that by buying my first Campbeltown. An interesting card was inserted into the whisky tube (is there a technical term for these?) along with the bottle explaining the different colored labels signifying the different age statements. My shop only had the 12 year which corresponds to the white label. The first few things I noticed on the nose was sweet peat (apparently I did not branch out far enough), vanilla, rosemary, brine, and lemon. I was surprised not picking up any red fruits as I know this spent some time in sherry casks. The oiliness of the palate was very welcome, contrasting to sweet sugar coated grapefruit with a twinge of green apple and lemon (blink and you will miss these flavors). Finally the smoke and brine swarm the palate with something I would describe as a warm peppered goat cheese on the finish. I am very happy with this purchase at $40 and am looking forward to exploring this bottle more. I recommend without reservation and am excited to see Kilkerran release older expressions as time marches forward. I hope to see the price stay reasonable as they will undoubtedly will be praised in the future if this 12 is any indication of the direction the distillery is taking. 4.5/5

Defiantly Campbell Town on nose and taste. But it’s a smooth ride of easy peat, iodine, brine. Must be bourbon cask only and triple distilled.