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[wildandmagic]

Great single cask Line up for the Official Feis Ile Tasting in Gaelic College tonight. #FeisIle #IslayWhiskyFestival #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyAcademy #ScotchTalk #Islay #Scotland #Scotch #singlemalt (at Bowmore)

[wildandmagic]

Tasting Notes Octomore Farm Single Cask No. 335. Aged 7 Years. Bourbon cask. Abv 62.1% SOUND: Slaps and tinkles in the glass. Funny, but there are no bubbles for such a high abv. No air in this dram. COLOUR: Pale yellow, white gold. Erratic legs, spotty and lumpy, long and thin and fast. NOSE: honey, cereal, nuts, toffee, porridge, cluster of Hazelnuts, hint of salt. A creamy peatiness. Sweet, rolling sourness! Custard creams (a type of biscuit) It's not "meaty" but there is a strength of something... Heart is very earth and animal. Raspberries - which can be a sign of creaminess as they contain some dairy notes. Dusty fur coat, prosciutto ham - very thinly cut, sweet green gorse - the needles, not the flowers. Honey and honeycomb as experienced in a "Crunchie" bar. Milky, honey vinegar. Big nose up front. PALATE: very high alcohol, but if left for 20 mins or so, calms down. I don't want to put water in it as I think the taste is lovely as is. Young sweetness. I'm not keen on a smooth, sweet dram - and this is certainly not that. But, it is a smooth sweet, strong dram, in a youthful way. It's young and sun kissed and the peatiness is excellent. Slàinte! Taste this delicious dram at the official Feis Ile Whisky Tasting in the Gaelic College tomorrow. Hope you have already got a ticket as it's sold out..... #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyAcademy #ScotchTalk #FèisIlé #IslayWhiskyFestival #Bruichladdich #Scotland #Islay

[wildandmagic]

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#FeisIle Whisky Nosing night in Ramsay Hall. Best night if the festival! Joint winners tonight a guy from Iceland and a guy from Germany! Well done both. Great time was had by all. #ScotchTalk #IslayWhiskyFestival #Ardbeg #Lagavulin #Laphroaig #Bowmore #Bruichladdich #Kilchoman #CaolIla #Bunnahabhain #Ardnahoe #Jura (at Port Ellen)

[wildandmagic]

50% of the line up for the Official Feis Ile Tasting in Gaelic College on Wed 30th May at 7pm. #SoldOut #FeisIle #IslayWhiskyFestival #ScotchTalk #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyAcademy #NorthStar #Bruichladdich #Bunnahabhain #Laphroaig #IndependentBottler

[wildandmagic]

#Islay Water with your Islay drams tonight... #uisgesource #FeisIle #Whisky #IslayWhiskyFestival (at Bowmore)