As We Get It Islay Single Malt 2021 Second Batch

 

 

 

61°

Distillery Officially Unknown - Islay

Bourbon Casks 

Independent Bottling 

By Ian MacLeod Distillers Limited

Limited Edition  

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2021

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Up until now, they had only released one batch a year or so, but in 2021, the gentlemen at Ian MacLeod Distillers had the luxury of releasing two editions of the famous As We Get It Islay Single Malt, a certainly very young product from a secret distillery  that is bottled cask strength, without adding anything, as they say. So this is the second batch, bottled just a few months after the first, and released in December. It is all the more surprising that nothing has been released in 2022, at least for the time being.

 

Let's Taste It : 

Deep Iodine, tide, sea spray, waves whipping your face. Kelp, seaweed, seafood. Intense peat, with some white fruits, plums, mirabelles, greengages. Very fresh. Frost, sea breeze in winter. Pleasant palate, a little less intense, simple, smooth, a hint of vanilla, then very strong spices, cumin, black pepper, cloves. A zest of lemon, anise. Atomic finish, long, disturbing, oysters, whelks, razor clams, lobsters. Rusty. Silt. A coal line in the rock. Swampy land.

In Short, 

The different editions follow each other and are very similar, which is good. However, it seems to me that this one is the least good of the last few years, with a palate that's a bit light. Overall, it's very seaworthy, less honeyed than the previous edition. Even more raw, I think. The price is as attractive as ever if you're careful, and a purchase would be advisable if you're an aficionado.

Score : 88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

 

                                           Michael Romeo - Metamorphosis