Kilkerran 12 Years
| Details about this bottle | Edit |
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| 21817 | |
| Glengyle | |
| Scotland, Campbeltown | |
| Single Malt Whisky | |
| 12 Years | |
| 2018 | |
| 46% | |
| 0.7 l | |
| Original bottling | |
| Bourbon, Sherry | |
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| Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
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Nosing
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Oak:
Sherry:
Zitrus:
Vanilla:
Maritime Notes:
Malt:
Caramel:
Nuts:
Cherry:
Seaweed:
Dried Fruit:
Spices:
Salt:
Herbs:
Banana:
Tropical Fruit:
Alcohol:
Almonds:
Pineapple:
Berries:
Bonfire Smoke:
Date:
Hazelnut:
Honey:
Apple:
Barley:
Pear:
Cake:
Coconut:
Grapefruit:
Green Apple:
Heather:
Lemon:
Lime:
Tasting
Sweet:
Peat Smoke:
Fruit:
Spices:
Zitrus:
Vanilla:
Oak:
Malt:
Maritime Notes:
Honey:
Caramel:
Nuts:
Seaweed:
Salt:
Sherry:
Herb:
Herbs:
Heather:
Pepper:
Oil:
Ginger:
Apple:
Banana:
Barley:
Bonfire Smoke:
Hazelnut:
Peach:
Alcohol:
Pineapple:
Black Currant:
Cake:
Chili:
Floral:
Grape:
Grapefruit:
Green Apple:
Leather:
Orange:
Red Currant:
Tobacco:
Tropical Fruit:
Wheat:
Finish
Peat Smoke:
Spices:
Nuts:
Oak:
Maritime Notes:
Zitrus:
Sweet:
Oil:
Fruit:
Salt:
Sherry:
Seaweed:
Malt:
Caramel:
Vanilla:
Pepper:
Chili:
Herb:
Alcohol:
Apple:
Fig:
Herbs:
Almonds:
Lemon:
Dried Fruit:
Date:
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Quality rating of this bottle
4.3
Rate
109
95
Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
19. Oct 2019
24. Jul 2020
24. Aug 2020
11. May 2020
14. Mar 2019
28. Dec 2020
07. Mar 2019
Nosing: 
Peat smoke, charcoal barbequeue, not overpoweringly smoky, well balanced. Background sweetness. Bready/biscuity cereal notes. There's some sort of dried fruitiness in there once your nose adjusts, nothing overly specific.
Taste: 
Sweet arrival, Initial peat tang which instantly mellows out into a coal/barbequeue char type flavour. Its probably about half as intense on the peat as most common Islay malts. Remains fairly sweet throughout, black pepper comes through over time., maybe a little spiciness. Has quite a viscous mouth feel.
Finish:
Long, with lingering peat smoke and black pepper.
Comment:
Some really good stuff here. The whole thing is very nicely integrated for a 12 year old. There is a good deal less peat in this than you get in Islay peated malts, which results in the distillery character and cask influence showing through nicely. For the price (currently £36), its an absolute steal. It is also a malt that I'd recommend to anyone who wants to try peated whisky but isn't too sure about getting their head blown off by peat. Honestly, I'm struggling to find fault here, it really just does the job all round.
Looking back, I did taste a bottle of this last year too, not sure if it has changed much since then, but this is a lot more refined than I remember it.
Maybe it has, or maybe my tastes have just changed a bit, I certainly think I rate it higher this time though.
Peat smoke, charcoal barbequeue, not overpoweringly smoky, well balanced. Background sweetness. Bready/biscuity cereal notes. There's some sort of dried fruitiness in there once your nose adjusts, nothing overly specific.
Taste:
Sweet arrival, Initial peat tang which instantly mellows out into a coal/barbequeue char type flavour. Its probably about half as intense on the peat as most common Islay malts. Remains fairly sweet throughout, black pepper comes through over time., maybe a little spiciness. Has quite a viscous mouth feel.
Finish:
Long, with lingering peat smoke and black pepper.
Comment:
Some really good stuff here. The whole thing is very nicely integrated for a 12 year old. There is a good deal less peat in this than you get in Islay peated malts, which results in the distillery character and cask influence showing through nicely. For the price (currently £36), its an absolute steal. It is also a malt that I'd recommend to anyone who wants to try peated whisky but isn't too sure about getting their head blown off by peat. Honestly, I'm struggling to find fault here, it really just does the job all round.
Looking back, I did taste a bottle of this last year too, not sure if it has changed much since then, but this is a lot more refined than I remember it.
Maybe it has, or maybe my tastes have just changed a bit, I certainly think I rate it higher this time though.
18. Feb 2023
01. Jan 2020
12. Feb 2019
