crystallised ginger and lemon
The palate opens unusually on hot roast peppers
A wonderfully expressive dram
Water added steaming hot Cornish crab bisque flavoured with saffron and fennel and served with lemony croutons and black pepper seasoning whilst the taste still had that smoky sweetness with a hint of herbal spice but now a lot tamer and therefore more manageable
banana and papaya)
Cask No. 53.310 Grain crystallised ginger and lemonCask No. 53. 310 Kippers in slippers Islay A wall of preserved lemons, brine and smoked mussels dusted with wood ash greets the nostrils at first. Then flaming hospitals, iodine soaked gauze, sea air, rock pools, burning gorse and paint. Some notes of oysters, seawater and lemon juice follow up more gently. With water there is more iodine, mezcal, kelp, burnt rope, gravel and various ointments and medical tinctures. Kippers over a coal fire. The mouth