Oh this is nice it's got a citrusy tang to the peat smoke which comes across like bacon frazzles and crispy bbq'd bacon with lemongrass twisting in with it, a light fruitiness floats about in the background also like melon balls in syrup with crushed Edinburgh rock chalkiness on top.
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ASDA Extra Special Islay Malt Whisky Review
A while back after a chat with my friend Barry Bradford (@thewhiskyphiles) from The WhiskyPhiles blog, about the fact I wanted to review more supermarket drams, he popped up with this one, and a few others.
Supermarket malts are getting better and better and I'm excited to try this dram, watch out for more supermarket drams in the coming weeks.
The palate is lighter than the nose but this is extremely drinkable stuff, especially for the price point (which is £20) and I would happily drink quite a fair bit of it.
Fair to say if this is the quality from ASDA extra special range I will enjoy the others in the range immensely.
Thanks again to Barry (@thewhiskyphiles) for the sample.
Tasting Notes & Details
Much much lighter on the palate than the nose, vanilla and gently smouldering lemongrass mix with a hint of bbq steak and more chalkiness, quite sweet too almost like artificial sweetener
Chalky and sweet but lasts quite well
Bottle Name: ASDA Extra Special Islay Malt Whisky
Age: NAS
ABV: 40.00
Distiller: ASDA
Bottler: ASDA
Type: Single Malt
From: Scotland, Islay
Posted: 12/03/2016 by Tom
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