Reverend357
Arran Machrie Moor Cask Strength
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed
December 8, 2023 (edited April 23, 2024)
Machrie Moor Cask Strength. Talk about whiplash, from a sweet Rum to this.
Now, I like peated scotch. But out of 100 times, 80 times I'd grab Laphroaig 10, 18 times Ardbeg 10, and 2 times something else. And this would not get too much rotation in those 2 times. It's not bad, but I had better.
Nose is salt, ham, pepper....berries? Fruity ham. The normal peat notes are also there, bit of honey maybe.
The taste is just sweet honey with loads of pepper, salt....Charcoal and grass. No real complexity, just "here, have sweet and peat and also here is a bit of unpleasant burn from the proof". For a lazy "sipping while gaming" whisky it just burns too much (which is weird, yesterday was higher proof with no burn), and for an exploration whisky there just is not enough there.
Sweet peaty aftertaste for a short while. Nothing to write home about I am afraid.
Now, tomorrow we enter a different league. Let's just say, tomorrows offering has spent more years in a barrel than this century is old.
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@Slainte-Mhath yeah, independant bottlings are often interesting, but a pain in the ass to "review". Another reason why I didn't go for the AH Rise Rum calendar.
@Reverend357 I had a Croftengea today (peated Loch Lomond), not much excitement either. Yesterday's Tormore was a cracker, I really liked it. It's all independent bottlings, so I don't bother posting my reviews on Distiller. https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/123527/batch-1-tbwc