Cask No. 122.76 Lightly Peated flambéed banana

flambéed banana

rock pools encrusted with fizzing barnacles and simmering pasta water

On first nosing we spread Manuka honey on brown toast before we poured raspberry sauce over a banana split accompanied by

Slow down and appreciate these noble casks with very close friends

Fried Thai noodles cooking in a big pan with shrimps over a peat fire

Cask No. 122.76 Lightly Peated flambéed bananaSix years in ex bourbon wood was followed by further maturation in a second fill American oak PX hogshead. The result is a curiosity dram, slightly bonkers, but forgivably so. The nose combined herbal barbecue smoke, cinnamon toast and pigs in blankets, with oily rags and tar. The palate evoked smoky bacon crisps, peanut butter, soy sauce, cheroots and tarry driftwood dry and grubby (in a good way). The reduced nose suggested campfire grilled Italian