We were blessed in 2023 to receive quite large allocations of the Society’s Fèis releases from Islay, and luckily, we still have a few of the bottles kicking around! Three absolutely top-notch bottles (that Rare Release 3 is still one of our branch Chairman Andrew Derbidge’s favourite drams) encompassing three iconic Islay distilleries. Grab them now for one great price and ensure your bar is well and stocked for the Christmas break — this is also your last chance to grab Cask 10.241 Sound of singing sand!
Retro Festival Trio (Bundle)
Original price was: $1,107.00.$999.00Current price is: $999.00. inc. GST
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Description
Rare Release 3 The finesse of a fragrant furnace
A fine bouquet of fragrant flowers and scorched watermelon mingled with molten wax before it dripped onto tarry ropes. There were also iodine elements of seaweed scattered on a shellfish platter. The palate had fine finesse – juicy with charred pineapple, but devilishly moreish as butter melted over toasted coconut and just a nuance of eucalyptus converged with powdery coal tar. What could a dash of water do? Now wonderfully clean smoke engulfed the maritime familiarity of walks along the beach. Flowers were dotted about the sand dunes and herbal notes morphed into sweet phenols and antiseptic cream on peach skin.
Rare Release 53 Honeysuckle petrichor
Honeysuckle came glazed with a cocktail of rose water, bacon jam and barbecue sauce, plus a side dish of crab meat plucked from a vat of clarified butter. Need we say anything else? To the palate, this dram gifted smoked prune juice and cherry fondant served on driftwood. We also found crushed figs, apricot and brambles singed by a travelling firestarter intent on promoting the skills of cold smoking with peat. Introducing water elevated a smoked apple pie encased in a soft leather satchel, along with potted crab and rye bread. The palate offered a buffet of liquorice, smoked ginger and biltong, served on a bed of ash-dusted pebbles.
Cask 10.241 Sound of singing sand (ONLY AVAILABLE IN THIS BUNDLE)
We were all in agreement nosing neat – a bowl full of herby chicken and bacon lardons with a red onion mash next to a green lentil curry. On the palate, we sat on lovely sun-warmed stones at the beach listening to the calming sound of “singing sand” and eating salty crackers with a smoked tuna dip. Dilution delivered an aroma of peat-smoked marshmallows and charred lobster meat combined with an emerging freshness of sea salt and citrus. The taste was delicious and so moreish, like pâtes à la saucisse de Francfort eaten straight out of the frying pan. Following five years in an ex-bourbon hogshead we transferred this whisky into a second fill PX hogshead.
