Kilkerran Heavily Peated Peat in Progress Batch N°6

 

 

 

57,4°

Distillery : Glengyle - Campbeltown

75% Bourbon and 25% Sherry Casks

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2022

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Peated around 84 ppm

 

 

 

While we wait for Batch 7, which should arrive at the end of the month, we can quench our thirst with this one, released in June. For three years now, this distillery has been offering us two batches a year of this Heavily Peated, much to our delight. The proportions of Sherry and Bourbon vary a little each time, it's cask strength, and the peat content is reasonable. The age should be around 5 to 6 years, although this is not mentioned. However, I have no idea how many bottles were produced.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

It's more Bourbon, with iodine and vanilla, whipped cream and an airy lemon zest. The smoke seems relatively light. Small delicacies, genoise, marzipan, filled fig. A bit fatty. The palate is again focused on vanilla, quite thick and oily, mellow, liquid honey, lemonade, hazelnuts, pleasant spices, white pepper, cloves, cumin. A hint of grimy charcoal in the background. Long, interesting finish, cola, heather, young wood. A square of dark chocolate. Coffee.

 

In Short, 

I found this one to be more greedy, more vanilla-based, although the Sherry content is higher, you don't smell it much. It's less balanced, less varied, with less peat and almost no iodine. So it's very good, but less surprising, less original. For this reason, I'm lowering my score a little, but it's still a very good product, which you shouldn't hesitate to buy if you're an enthusiast, especially as the price is still right.

Score : 88  

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

 

                                           Gary Clark Jr. - When My Train Pulls in