Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 11 - 70cl/57.9%

Kilkerran is the brand of Glengyle Distillery, established in 1872 by John Ross in Campbeltown, Scotland, mothballed in 1925 and revived in 2004 by Springbank owners J&A Mitchell. Springbank was founded in 1828 for handmade lightly peated whiskies. This Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 11 is a 2024 limited batch, bottled on September 17, 2024, highlighting the distillery's heavy peat style and rare tradition.

This Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 11 is a Campbeltown single malt whisky at 57.9% ABV, non-chill filtered with natural color, cask strength, limited yield, highly rare. Peated to ~45 PPM, fully matured in 90% ex-bourbon and 10% ex-sherry casks for intense balanced peat. It features a golden color; the nose offers citrus like lime, red berries, pineapple, kiwi, pink grapefruit, burnt brushwood smoke, roasted juniper, liquorice root, sugar paste, lemon tart, and burnt scones. The palate is full and smooth, layering black pepper, ginger, cardamom, cumin, forest bonfire smoke, toasted marshmallow, vanilla custard, salted caramel, toasted pecans, chestnut honey, tobacco, black tea, roasted coffee, and salinity. The finish is long, carrying burnt wood, cigar, salt, black pepper, citrus, tobacco, and coffee.