Glengyle Distillery Kilkerran Bourbon Cask Matured 8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700 mL
(Campbeltown, Scotland)

From Glengyle, Springbank's Sister Distillery. 

Ageing: 100% ex-Bourbon casks

Tasting Notes

Nose - A typically zesty introduction to this dram, there are notes of key lime pie, apple jelly, honey and vanilla.

Palate - There is a creaminess on the palate, with notes of banoffee pie, vanilla custard and panna cotta.

Finish - Sea salt and brine notes emerge in the finish, along with a gorse note.

Proof: Bottled at cask strength - 111.2 (55.6% ABV)

Awards/Reviews:

8/10 - Dramface

"It’s a smoky greeting. More so than I remember from any other previous 8yo. It fades from a light soot into a mineralic and salty tang, with fresh and sweet apples and pear backed up by orange zest and a dense marmalade edge. Leaf mulch too, which I think is what some would suggest is farmy. For me it’s the malt-floors. It suggests a broody edge. Earthy too. 

Palate: Tangy arrival of salty grapefruit; orange zest and oily, thick-cut marmalade. Coastal minerals everywhere: pebbles, pumice, slate and limestone. There’s a cracked pepper heat that settles nicely with water, the grapefuit persists but it’s easy to find white, crisp orchard fruits, lemon and more orange if you sit a while. Water may not be your thing, but I implore you to play with it if you have this on hand; just a half-teaspoon in a small pour is enough to make it hum."