Cask No. 53.488 Lowland vanilla and

vanilla and

various farmyard and seashore aspects and a whisper of peat

Of darkness and light

puff pastry with cinnamon sugar and Bourbon glaze

Then encroaching medicinal charms

Cask No. 53.488 Lowland vanilla andThe neat nose revealed creamy, sweet peat smoke, with hints of salty old sherry sloshing about in the depths. A perfect fusion we felt, one which balanced the briny, lemony distillery character with the richness of balsamic glaze and bacon jam coming from the cask. Water revealed kippers, iodine, camphor and some lovely herbal ointments. The palate suggested smouldering hardwoods up front, with resinous fir wood, natural tar extracts, pickled walnuts