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Ardmore Cricket In The Caribbean 23 Year Old, Bourbon & HTMC Hogshead Cask, Cask #66.199, 1997, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 50.6%
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Ardmore Cricket In The Caribbean 23 Year Old, Bourbon & HTMC Hogshead Cask, Cask #66.199, 1997, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 50.6%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 28
Average Score
Avg 86
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Description

'Cricket In The Caribbean' From The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, an Ardmore distilled on 23rd October 1997, matured for a total of 23 years, firstly in an ex-bourbon hogshead with a finishing period in a 2nd fill HTMC hogshead. One of 230 bottles at full cask strength.

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Cask type
Bourbon & HTMC Hogshead
Bottling
Independent Bottling - The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Peated
Peated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
66.199
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
230
Has box
N.A
Closure
N.A
Presentation
N.A
Series highlights
Cricket In The Caribbean
Historical context
N.A
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
A mix of lemon, vanilla and mineral peat. Sweeter on the second sniff (more vanilla, plus some cream) and the lemon edges towards citronella; some white pepper and other more indistinct oak spice emerges. With time the citrus trumps the vanilla. A drop or two of water and there's first a floral burst and then the citrus gets a bit musky with hints of makrut lime.
Palate
Leads with the peat here and it's a very Ardmore mix of austere notes: wet wool, machine oil, bitter lime peel. A big bite at 50.6%; oily texture. Sweeter here too on subsequent sips (vanilla), even as the lime expands. With water there's some white pepper and it melds nicely with the lime, the sweet notes and the soot, which pops out earlier now.
Finish
Long. The smoke expands here and it's more ashy and sooty. Wet stones as well. With time, the lime lingers as well. More peppery here too with water.
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