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100° Proof is a punchy Islay single malt from Port Askaig. With notes of sweet fruit, peat smoke and minerality, this is a benchmark Islay whisky and a great everyday peaty dram at this price.
Excellent young sweet peat. Extremely simple, very good. Serge Valentin, whiskyfun.com
Awards
- Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2017: Awarded 96.5 points, and runner-up in Best Single Malt Scotch (No Age Statement)
Style
- Body
- Richness
- Smoke
- Sweetness
Character
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Liquorice root
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Cinnamon
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Apple
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Smoke
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Milk Chocolate
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Coffee
Port Askaig 100° Proof Reviews
Tasting Notes
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Tasting Notes by the Whisky Exchange
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Nose:
Rich with meaty smoke, burning logs, sea spray and rock pools.
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Palate:
Milky coffee and milk chocolate follow stony minerality. Cinnamon spice and stewed apple develop.
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Finish:
Sweet, spicy and very long – cinnamon and chocolate.
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Producer's Tasting Notes
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Nose:
Rich, with a meaty smokiness that belies its light colour. Freshly cooked ham and burning logs are joined by a soft coastal character of sea spray and stony rock pools.
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Palate:
Sharp and stony initially, with an intense minerality that quickly becomes sweet and rich – milky coffee, milk chocolate and spicy cinnamon gobstoppers. The spice grows, adding liquorice and stewed apple with cinnamon, along with heavy charcoal smoke.
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Finish:
Sweet, spicy and very long. Cinnamon-spiced chocolate slowly fades to drying apple skin.
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Comment:
More powerful than you might expect, with carefully balanced smoke and fruit.
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11 Customer Reviews
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I wasn't taken by this initially but now I can't stay away from it. It has a perfect marriage of sweet and smoke and then the liquorice in the finish is exquisite.
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I am 85yrs old. Find some malt whisky strong. I've been looking for a sweet whisky and this is it.
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one taste of this opens all your eyes and taste buds I suggest before tasting blow into the glass and breath in as this is very strong Smokey but tasteful, good for a cold winter nights to take the chill away.
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Vibrant, light coloured complex malt with smokey nose and sweet tangy citrous finish. Great whisky, quite extraordinary. Fabulous!
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This was a gift for my brother and he’s very happy with it.
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I’m sorry not to be able to relate to previous reviews but it’s youth and harshness puts it on pair with illegally distilled products of the USA leaving a harsh and unpalatable tone throughout my pallet and adding water only exasperates the unpalatable experience .
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Exceptional. Caol Ila, unless I'm mistaken. A really fine whisky.
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An incredibly sweet single malt with a nice smoky peat blast. Amazing value - the colour is barely noticeable though. Very light straw. Almost like a new make spirit & as such one of the clearest single malts I have ever had. Probably the best young SM I have had too, definitely one of the sweetest I have ever had. The flavours are complex but reminds me of a smoky & peaty white chocolate mocha
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Ok, it's youngish but lovely, smoky & oily. There aren't many 100s I'd drink neat, but this is one. Probably the best value peated malt around
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Fantastic value for money with this exception. It doesn't have the richness of a more mature bottling but wonderful layers of flavour make this a favourite of mine as an every day drinking whiskey.
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Fan of this lineage, fan of good (esp. Islay) whisky regardless of age, but this one''s youth comes across a bit too much on the nose and palate.
