This is a Scotch Malt Whiskey bottle. I think it hides the 51.5% well but make no mistake the finish is strong and long. All down the middle for me and none in the cheeks. Flavor is sweet, light smoke and hidden a bit by the alcohol. I don’t really buy the title but I think this brand often does things with oysters especially at the Whiskey of the World event if I am remembering correctly. Cask No. 42.56
Sipping whisky from a shell
Highland, Island
A subtle nose of cinnamon buns, Turkish delight, muscle rub and ‘a smouldering cigar in an artist’s studio’ (tobacco leaf and linseed oil). The palate had a waxy texture and flavours of dark cherries, waxed sweets (e.g. rhubarb rock), walnut oil, tobacco and raisins soaked in cognac. A drop of water shifted the nose towards sharp fruits (stewed rhubarb and lemon squeezed over fish cooked on a beach barbeque). The reduced palate had rum and raisin ice cream, starfruit and balsamic glaze. There was only the most delicate wisp of smoke but lots of coastal suggestions – ‘like sipping whisky from an oyster shell’.
Cask: Second-fill barrel
Age: 26 years
Date distilled: September 1994
Alcohol: 51.5%
USA allocation: 90 bottles — 8 months ago
Spice, smooth. Good for scotch. Excellent pear nose. — 2 years ago
Always get a good whiskey from them! — 4 years ago
Eric L
Had this at Car Talk night. Peter picked it — 3 months ago