Cask No. 53.383 - bundle
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

Cask No. 53.383
Bare and brittle brilliance
Islay
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A typically pure, vivid and superbly fresh example of this notoriously consistent make. We found it brimming with raw seawater mixed with petrol and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Freshly shucked oysters, drifting bonfire smoke, ink and sun-warmed rock pools with drying kelp. Water brought the richness of dusty malt bins, smoky grist, rollmop herring in brine with rosemary and fragrant sandalwood. The neat palate was pure, precise and wonderfully sharp. Raw lemon juice on pickled mussels, chiselled peat, flint smoke, mineral salts and Germolene. Reduction brought out kerosene, crushed seashells, lime juice, bacon fat and wood ashes. Crisp perfection!
Cask: Refill hogshead
Age: 10 years
Date distilled: November 2010
Alcohol: 59.6%
USA allocation: 258 bottles