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"The opening aroma is pleasingly smoky and soot-like, then the bouquet opens up to include aromas of creosote, olive brine and cigarette ash. The palate entry is warming, nougaty sweet and sap-like; at midpalate the chunky flavor profile offers a well-integrated marriage of barley malt and sweet smokiness/peatiness. Finishes on a sweet, grainy note. Best Buy." 90-95 pts.

Distilled at Bruichladdich distillery since 2001 it celebrates the original Harvey-era spirit produced from 1881 to before WWII. AN TURAS MOR: quite literally, means “The Great Journey”. and for those that have walked with us on the odyssey of this bold and purposeful Islay spirit, the road takes another turn and another rich vista opens out before us. For us, this feels like our young Ileach has finally come of age. with PC5, 6, 7 and 8 we shared with you the quiet and beguiling evolution of this powerful Hebridean dram.

Mamajuana is a drink exclusively from the Dominican Republic that is made by adding rum, red wine, and honey to a combination of twigs, bark, leaves and herbs. The taste is a unique combination of woody and herbal flavors, it is sweet to semi-sweet and normally the color is a deep brown/red. People normally drink it straight or on the rocks allthough recently more and more people use mamajuana in the preparation of cocktails. The alcoholic content of the original mamajuana is 30 percent (60 proof) which makes it more drinkable to people who find hard liquors like rum and whisky too strong. Also the fact that mamajuana is semi sweet makes it smoother to drink. On the other hand mamajuana still has sufficient alcohol to be considered a hard liquor.

This Highland Malt Whisky is one of only 144 bottles drawn at cask strength from a single oak hogshead cask no. 1174. Bottled in March 2011. 59.1%abv.