Kilkerran 8 years Single Malt Scotch Port Cask Matured Whisky

Nose: Cherry reduction, toffee, a bit of slake, ashy smoke, some acrid plastic and a big stewed fruit note.

Taste: Tobacco, toffee, cherry cordials, blackberry and currant. There’s a prickle of ethanol, ashy smoke, faint plasticity and some oak.

Finish: This is the Kilkerran I know and love. The finish is long, ashy and char-driven with big cherry cola and blackberry character, as well as vanilla bean, minerality and light diesel notes.

Overall: Kilkerran doing what Kilkerran knows best: big industrial character and a wine finish. Good stuff.