Kilkerran 8 Year Cask Strength (56.2% ABV)

Very interesting nose and a taste that needs your attention. A real gem from the Glengyle distillery!

smells extremely sweet, tastes spiky & smoked, clear fresh water late aftertaste

This is a difficult one to review, this is going to take a while. Nose - It's vanilla and citrus over a light oak. Young for sure. It's really non descriptive. I've added water and it's a lot more vanilla forward, the alcohol has faded out a lot. It's just dusty oak and vanilla. Taste - Salted vanilla and absolutely brings in some raw alcohol. Water mellows things down. There's some citrus, savory elements in here. Wow, I'm really running out of words for this whisky. It's spicy salty and oaky with vanilla. This really requires water to bring out the sweetness and hid the alcohol burn, it's hot and unpleasant neat. As with so many Campbeltowns, I can't go low even with the youth and need for water. There's a really wonderful whisky under this. That said, it's ending my ability to taste whisky going forward as it's burnt my mouth. Great stuff can't recall the price but it was around 100 a bit under I think. I'll likely restock this but I'm a biased fan of this region. I doubt non fans of the region will be overly excited.

Leather gloves, lanolin, some gasoline, rocks and citrus rind on the nose, opens with water and with time to more sweetness, tobacco and maybe some licorice, some lemon drops. Licorice, tar and tobacco on the palate and a long, balanced slightly smoky finish. Definitely the sweetness of youth is there, like the Laphroaig quarter cask, but a great whisky with a lot of character to balance the youth out.

Mkt god. Salt bättre än den 12åriga