53.516 Smouldering delights (Creators Collection)

Description

From the Whisky Team

Like a bonfire lit with driftwood and old rope, this dram blends purity with power. It tastes of sea salt, tobacco leaves and honey butter popcorn – a slow burn in the quiet spaces between flames.

Tasting Panel notes

This felt like watching an aficionado excitedly preparing to experience their cigar. They carefully cut the end of the cigar to gently remove the wrapper so that the tobacco leaves remain intact, before finally smelling it unlit. Now they ensure a smooth burn and focus on the flavours – saffron buns, treacle, sticky ginger parkin and a chocolate and stout cake. Following careful reduction, the scent was that of baking a black sesame babka and preparing a sundried tomato vinaigrette using maple syrup as a sweetener. On the palate, we were served a lamb merguez containing many spices such as smoky rose harissa and smoked paprika, alongside sea salt and honey butter popcorn.

Peat Plants II: Elemental whiskies from Scotland’s Western Isles

Peat Plants II is a bold return to Scotland’s Western Isles, where wind, sea, and fire shape whiskies of raw intensity. Drawing from Islay, Mull, and beyond, this collection dives deep into the medicinal heart of peat – denser, darker, and rich with salt air and smoke. These are elemental drams that howl with coastal character and blaze with untamed spirit.