10.275 Scoobie snack (Two to One)

Description

Tasting Panel notes

This was clearly a huge whisky, agreed the Panel. Immediately we started getting notes of mineral salts, beach sand, smouldering sandalwood, salt and pepper squid, dense peat smoke and brown sauce on a slab of square sausage. Water brought such things as sea urchin dashed on wet rocks, burning hay, salted butter, pork scratchings drizzled with malt vinegar, and umami ramen broth with a boiled egg. The palate was superbly creamy in texture with a dazzlingly intense peat-smoke profile: we found lots of rich American oak influence, singed coconut, sweet tar liqueur, herbal mouthwash and various ointments and embrocations. With water it became marginally drier with coal smoke, sooty sausages on a barbecue, wet kelp, smoked razor clams, resinous fir wood and antiseptic. At six years of age, we combined two bourbon hogsheads from the same distillery into this cask for further maturation and marrying. This second fill butt was previously used to mature another Two to One bottling, 7.243.

Introducing Bold & Peaty

Bold & Peaty is a profile that commands attention. The rich scent of coal tar soap and carbolic gives way to smoky bacon crisps and roast rosemary lamb, while hints of gunpowder and steam train evoke industrial power. Smoked mackerel, farmyard aromas, and the clean, earthy notes of coal sacks and fireman’s gloves deepen the experience, making this a smoky, full-bodied dram that’s as complex as it is lively.