Drammers Club pour. Amazing. Very well balanced. Sherry bomb one spot then smoke and meats at another spot. Nose: Raisins, Dates, Cherries, Prunes, Sultanas, Nutella, Bananas, Toffee, Licorice, Vanilla, Apricots, Pineapples, Oranges, Cloves, Smoke, Barbecue Pork Ribs, Violets, Bacon, Mangoes, Kiwis, Lavender, Almond Cookies Palate: Chocolate, Raisins, Raspberries, Strawberries, Bacon, Toffee, Mangoes, Pineapples, Nutmeg, Almonds, Walnuts, Cashews, Cinnamon, Licorice, Baking Spices, Cloves, Prunes, Dates, Dark Chocolate, Oranges, Pork Ribs, Beef Finish: Salted Caramel, Raspberries, Honey, Toffee, Chocolate, Oranges, Cherries, Strawberries, Tar, Bacon, Smoke, Prunes, Dates
About this bottle
This is the second release of the popular ten year old ex-sherry matured "The Devil's Cask" from Bowmore, named after a local legend regarding the Devil's visit to Islay (spoiler alert: he escapes in a cask of whisky). This bottling of single malt spent ten years in first-fill ex-Oloroso sherry casks and was bottled at the casks' strength of 56.3% ABV.
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The devil appears in a puff of sulfury smoke, tempts your tongue with a sweet initial hit and then sprinkles some salt in your glass when you're not looking. An extended peppery finish fools you into thinking that maybe it would be fun to stick around down under for a bit.
The smell is like wine and butter, the taste is a nomb of smoke molasses, salt caramel, chocolate tofee and a nice retrotaste. Very round taste.
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