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Kilkerran 8 Year Cask Strength (56.2% ABV)
Single Malt — Campbeltown , Scotland
Reviewed
October 21, 2019 (edited June 22, 2021)
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.
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