The first single malt release from Aisla bay: peat and vanilla

First releases from any distillery always tickle the imagination. This time, the first single malt relase from Aisla bay, a peated NAS bottled at an impressive 48.9 ABV. Let’s jump straight into the tasting notes, shall we? More details further down…

Colour : I never assess a whisky’s colour, for three reasons: it’s not a meaningful exercise unless you are absolutely sure that there is no colour added; it rarely yields meningful information about the whisky; plus, since I am colour blind, the finer differences between pale gold and gold are difficult to assess. However, I will say this much:...