Kilchoman Dubai Edition
Shows some promise
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Review by @MaltActivist
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This is a single cask, cask strength malt bottled specially for the Dubai Duty Free. Coming in at a hefty 58.7% it aims to appeal to the serious malt drinker who like his malts tough!
Rather an unusual nose this. Almost like sitting in a wooden cabin after a week of particularly savage thunderstorms. Growing on the walls is a generous amount of mould and that in turn overlooks the moss growing on the floor. By your side sits a chocolate brownie and as you reach out to pick it up you are distracted by a faint whiff of peat coming in through the door.
The palate is like reaching into the back of your kitchen cabinet and finding a box of sugar that's been forgotten for months. Sugar that is now damp from it's surroundings. There's a touch of citrus and a drop of lemon. And then curiously a dash of soy sauce! I have no idea where that came from!
Once again I am convinced that these whiskies are being plucked too young. At about 4 years it had a lot more work to do. I can only hope older age statements age gracefully and the younger ones are slowly faded out as the distillery grows in stature.
But till then this malt is a young child who does not understand what you want. And that's a little disappointing.
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Great review, thanks! Love the mouldy cabin visual. I'm not a fan of distilleries putting out sub-par young malts either, seems some of them do it just because they can or they feel they need to start cashing in on their stock early.
Sure there are exceptions to the rule but some reasonable malts from other distilleries start coming in at 5-7 years so maybe in 2 or 3 years' time I might give one of these a crack (unless offered a free or very cheap dram of course).