Bessie 11 12 months Outdated… no want to clarify additional, I suppose. You don’t should be an enormous whisky connoisseur to know that Elizabeth “Bessie” Williamson was the feminine distillery supervisor and former proprietor of a well-known Islay distillery. In case that’s not sufficient, the label design and the attribute inexperienced color ought to give it away.
Though the label says blended malt it ought to actually be referred to as a teaspooned malt.
Islay Blended Malt ‘Bessie’ 11 yo 2010 (56,5%, The Whisky Jury 2022, refill sherry butt #138, 360 btl.)
Nostril: smoked lemons, peat and an enormous sprint of antiseptics. Actually medicinal, with bandages and iodine. Sunflower oil. Loads of seaweed and brine. Then additionally new rubber boots. The sherry is there within the background, bringing tobacco notes, pink apple and walnuts. Possibly one raisin too. Textbook Bessie.
Mouth: oily, and highly effective. Once more the medicinal character stands out. Hints of briny smoke, very tarry Lapsang tea, some inexperienced spice and menthol. Then leathery notes, sesame oil, Kalamata olives and lots of salty notes. The sherry brings some sweetness to the desk as effectively, however solely in the direction of the top.
End: lengthy, salty and really ashy. Hints of cough drugs and tar.
Certainly a textbook bottling for this distillery and this age. Good mouthfeel, loads of medicinal notes and easily a pleasant refill sherry profile. Verify The Whisky Jury for a listing of shops.
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