Producing WhiskyCast has given me the opportunity to taste some really amazing whiskies, and I’m pleased to share my tasting notes with you here. You can search my entire database of tasting notes from this page, and I hope you’ll find it useful.
Old Malt Cask expressions are usually bottled at 50% ABV, but this one-of-a-kind 22-year-old Port Ellen was bottled in 2004 for the legendary (and highly secretive) PLOWED Society at cask strength: 61.1% ABV. The nose is beefy and robust with notes of roast beef juices, a soft smokiness, a hint of smoked salmon, honey, butterscotch, dried flowers, and caramel candy. The taste is peppery and intense with a soft smokiness, honey and caramel candy sweetness underneath, and a slight flintiness with dried fruits in the background. A few drops of water accentuates the sweetness and adds to the finish, which is long, peppery, and slightly astringent with peat smoke and a touch of oak. Wow! (November, 2017)
Editor’s note: Thanks to Davin de Kergommeaux and Frank Scott for sharing this bottle during a Port Ellen vertical tasting at the 2017 New Brunswick Spirits Festival.
Old Malt Cask expressions are usually bottled at 50% ABV, but this one-of-a-kind 22-year-old Port Ellen was bottled in 2004 for the legendary (and highly secretive) PLOWED Society at cask strength: 61.1% ABV. The nose is beefy and robust with notes of roast beef juices, a soft smokiness, a hint of smoked salmon, honey, butterscotch, dried flowers, and caramel candy. The taste is peppery and intense with a soft smokiness, honey and caramel candy sweetness underneath, and a slight flintiness with dried fruits in the background. A few drops of water accentuates the sweetness and adds to the finish, which is long, peppery, and slightly astringent with peat smoke and a touch of oak. Wow! (November, 2017)
