Raasay Peated Rye Cask (Skotchtoberfest #11)

Yesterday’s unpeated version was fine but young. Let’s see what difference the peat makes.

Raasay Peated Rye Cask, Island (Raasay) Single Malt, 63.5% ABV

Minutia: Distilled from peated malt and matured for 29 months in an ex-Woodford Reserve rye cask. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.

Color: Jonquil, ripe corn; 0.4.

Nose: Very earthy smoke. Tar, iodine. Bold leather and tobacco. Better than it has any right to be.

Taste: Smoke, doughy malt.

Finish: Smoke, ash, spice, wood.

After the nose it drops off a bit. The palate is still fine, but the nose is actually incredible. It’s good for its age, but I’d love any whisky with a nose like this. It carried its score from a promising new make score to one of an ok whisky. The palate is a bit youthful, though. This experiment just got interesting.

Score: 80

Musical Evocation: Judas Priest – “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming”