Amrut Port Pipe Peated Single Cask #2714, 59

Full port maturation has been tried by distilleries great and small. What does the cask contribute to the spirit beyond being soaked in port? Empress plums and bramble jelly meet smoke in the form of snuffed candlewicks and smoldering cedar sticks. At cask strength it’s sharp and puckering but after the plummy opener fades there is rosehip licorice zested lime and a squirt of lemon. Water keeps the licorice but bottoms out the sweetness for a mouth-filling dram. £82