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Release Notes
A top-quality vatting of the peated Speysider Ardmore with some choice Islay malt, Peat Monster is never less than excellent. Pitch-perfect balance and delicious chewy complexity.
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3rd Party Tasting Notes
A vatting of Caol Ila and Ardmore. Controversial - some love it, some don't - but I really liked the former batches.
Nose: peaty but not too much, very elegant and not really monstrous I think. Notes of beurrée pears, golden delicious apples, beech smoke, white currants, almond milk...
Mouth: nice attack, peaty and fruity and very balanced but the mouth feel is slightly thin at the middle.
Then it's back on peat, pepper and cloves and the finish is rather long and very liquoricy.
84 points.
Nose: peaty but not too much, very elegant and not really monstrous I think. Notes of beurrée pears, golden delicious apples, beech smoke, white currants, almond milk...
Mouth: nice attack, peaty and fruity and very balanced but the mouth feel is slightly thin at the middle.
Then it's back on peat, pepper and cloves and the finish is rather long and very liquoricy.
84 points.
Whisky Fun
Nose: Vegetal peatiness, but hardly a monstrous note.
Palate: Crisp, clean, peaty dryness. Develops some medicinal notes.
Finish: Bittersweet.
Comment: A monster? As compared to earlier creations from the same house, but don't expect mass hysteria on Park Avenue.
Rating: 8.25/10
Palate: Crisp, clean, peaty dryness. Develops some medicinal notes.
Finish: Bittersweet.
Comment: A monster? As compared to earlier creations from the same house, but don't expect mass hysteria on Park Avenue.
Rating: 8.25/10
Michael Jackson, Whisky Magazine #44
Nose: Vanilla, cream, smoke. Very intriguing. Draws you in.
Palate: Peat, smoke. Burning peat fires.
Finish: Long but relatively austere.
Comment: More dour than I was expecting but this whisky will have many devoted adherents. Another winner from Compass Box.
Rating: 8.25/10
Palate: Peat, smoke. Burning peat fires.
Finish: Long but relatively austere.
Comment: More dour than I was expecting but this whisky will have many devoted adherents. Another winner from Compass Box.
Rating: 8.25/10
Marcin Miller, Whisky Magazine #44
Nose: Enticing, lively and aerial. Light smoke mingled with summer flowers fragrances.
Palate: Velvety, gently spreading on the tongue. Creamy light toffee teased by a hint of smoke. A mouth-watering texture.
Finish: Balanced, smoke over dry grassiness.
Comment: A warm, clean and charming whisky. The Islay influence is there but gently flirting with a mainland fellow. An accomplished character.
Rating: 8.75/10
Palate: Velvety, gently spreading on the tongue. Creamy light toffee teased by a hint of smoke. A mouth-watering texture.
Finish: Balanced, smoke over dry grassiness.
Comment: A warm, clean and charming whisky. The Islay influence is there but gently flirting with a mainland fellow. An accomplished character.
Rating: 8.75/10
Martine Nouet, Whisky Magazine #60
Nose: Smoky, bacon fat mingling with peach, cocoa powder. Aromatic and almost floral.
Palate: Very focused in the front of the mouth giving a really sweet start. Fragrant vetiver grassiness, then butterscotch. Good length. Oily.
Finish: Long, creamy.
Comment: As much about texture and balance as it is about smoke. Not as monstrous as I recall, but very good.
Rating: 8/10
Palate: Very focused in the front of the mouth giving a really sweet start. Fragrant vetiver grassiness, then butterscotch. Good length. Oily.
Finish: Long, creamy.
Comment: As much about texture and balance as it is about smoke. Not as monstrous as I recall, but very good.
Rating: 8/10
Dave Broom, Whisky Magazine #60
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