Smokehead Extra Rare

Name: Smokehead Extra Rare
Brand: Smokehead
Rating: 7.4 (26 reviews)

(1l, 43%)

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About
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A Peat project gone Stellar!

Smokehead is a peat project of Ian Macleod Distillers, a family company that has been producing different Scotch Whiskies (and other spirits) for three generations now. Their brands include Glengoyne, Tamdhu, and Isle of Skye.

Smokehead Extra Rare is a Scotch Whisky made on the Island of Islay by a mystery distillery - many guess it to be Ardbeg, or even Lagavulin. It remains to be uncovered, this mystery, by none other than yourself. We won't reveal it! Do you dare take upon this tongue challenge? Fair warning - Smokehead is not for the faint-hearted. It hits you like a cannonball filled with peat.
As the Whisky industry searches for new ways of presenting and selling their products, there are those few that start a new wave of something different. And that is what this peat bullet is all about as it goes away from classic Scotch drinkers and lures more drinkers into this peaty, smoky and heathery cave!

Flavour Spiral™

About The Flavour Spiral

smoky

honey

coal

peaty

sherry

phenols

lemon zest

cocoa

plums

What does Smokehead Extra Rare taste like?

The Flavour Spiral™ shows the most common flavours that you'll taste in Smokehead Extra Rare and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.

We invented Flavour Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.

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Single Malt Scotch Whisky is made in Scotland using a pot still distillation process at a single distillery, with malted barley as the only grain ingredient. It must be matured in oak casks in Scotland for at least three years (most single malts are matured longer).

Tasting Notes

Appearance / Colour
Gold.

Smell / Nose / Aroma
Heavy smoke, Sherry, malt, fresh ginger, plum jam, warm black rubber, tar and barley.

Flavour / Taste / Palate
Rich. Cocoa, peat, coal tar, iodine, honey, lemon zest.

Finish
Long, smokey.