The Ileach Peaty

Juillet 2024 - Poker Club - Nancy Robe ambrée Nez légèrement alcoolisé et épicé Première bouche crystalline Deuxième bouche mielleuse et épicé Troisième bouche boisé et légèrement tourbé mais pas fumé Puis une forte tamise pimentée envahit la bouche et chasse les détails de tourbes de la troisième bouche. Un goût industriel me dérange... Comme un arôme industriel ( bien qu'on ne puisse supposer une tel hypothèse pour un whisky de cette qualité ) Ce whisky manque d'aromes tourbés et boisés pour être réellement intéressant. Il reste néanmoins correct si vous n'avez rien d'autre sous la main ! Dégusté en pleine partie endiablée de poker, les jetons passent de main en main, les cartes fusent, les valets dansent avec les reines, les rois contemplent le spectacle, plein de dignité et de sagesse... Mais ce sont les As qui dictent le tempo de cette soirée ! Que ce whisky me procure l'audace de tourner mes mains en bluff, car les cartes ne sont pas avec moi ce soir ...

Another sample from my Christmas gift set. Interesting nose. Malty, with dried cherries, cherry syrup, and some smoke. Slightly sweet palate at the beginning, leading to a rapid, hot, smoky finish. Surprisingly hot given the low ABV. I would compare this to decaffeinated coffee: missing a certain roundness in the middle. The flavor does not match the nose. I give it a C-, 70 points, a scant 3 stars.

On the nose there is not much peat or smoke to be found but it is there. At first taste it is a nice sweet entrée that moves into a bit of a spice bite, but doesn't go to far as to make it unpleasant, after the spice the smokyness really starts to shine and keeps this going even in the later aftertaste. To me this is a very pleasant one, nothing too WOW but a solid choice, especially for the price.

Nose: very mild, light oak, smoke, undefined fruit, ash Palate: thin, peat, hint of iodine, ash Finish: brief, ash I compared this head to head with Caol Ila 12 based on the guess that this might have been sourced from the same distillery. FWIW, unsurprisingly, Caol Ila 12 is a superior whisky end-to-end! This would be good for making a penicillin.

Nose: Peat, oak, herbal, vanilla, seaweed/saline Palate: Smooth, damp peat, black pepper, oak, ash. Hints of salt. Caramel sweet, burnt sugar Finish: Medium long finish. Peat, leather, oak, tannic. Sweetens on the aftertaste. Sweet and a little ashy. A bit too watered down tasting, but smooth and quite tasty.

I've not had the 40% expression but the cask strength has a nice flavors profile. Still missing that fullness in the middle to tie it in but not bad. Seasoned wood smoke, sweet, slight cherry and citrus. Alcohol comes in at the end.