I’m a big fan of peated Scotch, and enjoyed Connemara and other Irish whiskeys, so any chance I get to try one I’ll go for. I particularly enjoy when the Irish triple distill their malt in the fashion traditional to the island with the barley having been malted with peat so I was excited to get into this one.
Hinch Peated Single Malt, Ireland Single Malt, 43% ABV
Minutia: Bottled in 2019 as part of ‘The Time Collection’. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.
Color: Pale straw; 0.2.
Nose: Smoke with a fresh quality. Citrus, apple peels. Butter cookie/creamy/dough.
Taste: Smoke in the lightly beachy area. Slight kick. Grows rich and earthy.
Finish: Slightly warming. Slight bitter note to the smoke, a woody quality. Medium.
Quite a nice whisky, the nothing exciting. It reminds a bit of the younger heavily peated Kilkerrans though it’s not quite as thick. I’m very interested in higher proof peated spirit from this distillery, as well as any older stock they might release one day.
Score: 84
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