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Sure it's just me but it's undrinkable. It has very strong smell and taste of pickled egg which I cannot stand.

A combination of Shirley and Kilkerran. Quite unique. Not sweet at all.

Very different whisky from the old buttling , taste much more of new make, smell much more of new make, not as much sherry as old one, it is worth 48 pounds but not more :( Compared to the old one it is much much younger whisky

After the recent comments I was afraid to try let's see... I tried it alone first / No head to head with the infamous 2019. Nose: Yes there is a sulfur note but it's not a sulphur bomb... a lot of smoke with time and water the sulphur settles and it turns into a great Campbeltown rabbit hole note (funky, Landluft) ;) besides that old school sherry flavour roasted nuts, spices a sweetness some fruits orange, maybe red fruits to discover...with water soapy notes.. M: Nice mouthfeel(some water added today)...turns more 'coastal' still peat , sweetness ( caramel), more oranges, red fruits (cherries..Johannisbeeren) saltiness (....), nuts, almonds, some burnt matches..after eight choclate with sweet mint... F: Sweet, interesting oak taste (they say it's Sandelholz I have to check my eau de toilette), some pepper, Landluft... cold ash..dust(medium to long)...sweet mint Not as accessable as it's predecessor but much more Campbeltown/ Springbank CS batch 15 I think pops up in memory.. it's very demanding not an 'every day dram'. If you liked the work in progress sherry s that's what you can compare it to. Sure this will develop in the bottle. So rates may go up. I hope this batch helps of keeping the sherry bomb folks a bit away from kk ( the 2019 was just took pleasant)so prices will get back to normal..maybe another bourbon cask next year ;) / up to 70 EUR a no brainer. Definitely overpriced in Germany today.m Bought a bundle so it was ok. I go up after another tasting..this is Campbeltown. Up 1pt to 90 I 2024// takes bottle air superb it added after eight choclate:))

Slightly sour, slightly dirty, that's Campbeltown. Clearly, however, the sample in the Kilkerran Festival Tasting had a different character.

Tried that again about one month after opening the bottle.

Another great release from Kilkerran. More pungent and less clean than batch #4

very dirty - not my style

If Springbank 15, and Glendronach 18, had a child…

Quite sherried and waxy, almost buttery on the nose. In the mouth more of the same plus a handful of baking spices. Juicy. Lovely and not too complicated stuff. Takes a little water well. 88 (89) points.

1729) Kilkerran, 8YO, Cask Strength, Glengyle Distillery, Batch 5, Bottled 2021 B1- 86pt, B2- 89pt, B3- 89pt, B4- 92pt Excellent B4 that matured in re-charred Olorosso, here come the B5 with 1st Filled Olorosso.

It's amazing how much power and character this whisky, which is only 8 years old, has.

super!

I am pleasantly surprised! At first I thought this bottling probably couldn't compete with the last Sherry Kilkerran 8Y bombshell. But it's doing very well and a bargain at the issue price. The fragrant, rubbery, dirty sulphurous nose turns into a play of aromas of cinnamon, maple syrup, nutty funky sherry with a little tobacco smoke after a few minutes. Very nicely integrated. On the palate, the whole thing unfolds from the front, as in the nose. From a little dirt to spices and the alcohol shows up with an impulse and ends with a little tingling. The finish looks a bit short at the beginning, but then the pleasant sherry sweetness sets in with a subtle dryness and ends for a long time. If you liked the first 8Y Sherry Kilkerran and you can enjoy a little dirt and sulfur, you will also enjoy this bottling!

Uhh already quite exhausting without water, definitely dirtier and rougher this year's CS bottling is not the caliber of the last. Water helps here and makes the malt rounder, but still not a high-flyer.

An incredibly extraordinary whisky! Must be in the TOP100 Whiskys to Taste Before You Die! A very gastronomic and super rich whisky. No mash and yeast tones, which speaks of quality and that it is quite achievable! N: 24 T: 22 F: 21 B: 21

It has to be really good for a few reasons: 1. The affordable cost. 2. Wealth despite young age. 3. the masterful integration between defect and balance. I really like it a lot now.

Tasted in direct comparison to batch #4

„HOLY MOTORS“ — a challenging and ultimately rewarding, rich dram. Wonderful colour through oloroso cask maturation, a beautiful chestnut red.

Very sulphuric, bad Sherry casks with too mucho sulfit, as simple as that.

A challenging dram, especially because of the clear sulfur note. Needs a lot of time. But then opens great.

A delicious Peaty Sherry whisky from Campbeltown. A beautiful young dram.

So I've had this massacre twice and I never finished it once. Sherry Sherry Sherry

I really want to find this a winner, I am a fan of Springbank and Longrow. Since this one is made by the same team I was hoping for a similar profile. But unfortunately. I find it a bit harsh, I miss fruit and the smoke is a bit too dominant for me. That doesn't make it a bad whisky, I just expected (and hoped) more from it

Very dirty. Didn't like at all. Kilkerran usually doing better then this.

very nice Kilkerran

Smells: Slightly irritating, sweet sherry cask smell, creamy red preserved fruit, gentle sweetness without too much burrs and sulfur smell, some ebony wood texture is not obvious, except for the irritation, everything else is gentle 26.5/30 Taste: The entrance is dark chocolate, dark preserved fruit, sherry barrel flavor. It is obviously dry and slightly sweet with some sulfur smell. It is not obvious and does not interfere too much. Sugar-free cough syrup, herbal boiled Chinese medicine and the smell are more obvious. There is some contrast in the middle. Relatively restrained sweetness 26.2/30 Aftertaste: After the bitterness of herbal dark chocolate, mint spices dissipates, the sweetness of dark preserved fruits and licorice lasts for a long time 26.3/30

Just opened the 2nd bottle. 1st on the nose is the familiar Springbank profile followed with ripe red fruits , BBQ and caramel, also some faint smokiness coming through. On the palate, again Springbank profile with a spicy punch with a whiff zesty red berries followed with dark red fruity notes. Finish is long zesty Sprinbank style ,burnt matches with maritime feel to it. I love this.

Okay, it's not as bad as many people write. Yes, young. Yes, a little brackish. But it's quite good for a drink

Unfortunately not a good release.

22 22 22 22 Oxidation week has paid off, the drink has changed a lot

Maybe I didn't breathe for more time, but it's very sulfurous in aroma, although sulfur doesn't usually bother me

IMO, sulfur is like peat. When you nail it down, it will convey a new layer to the already complex distillate, and in particular, it will add an explosive mouthfeel that i absolutely adore. I think this bottle need some time to settle itself with the sulfur as well. Give it a week or two, it will mellow itself.

Extensive sulphur, just bad Sherry casks, thats all.

In the beginning a little bastard, but that only turns out to be a teenage poser. Not an easy dram, it's challenging and a bit stubborn at first. But patience with him will ultimately be rewarded.

At the finish line, something reminded 105 Farclass :(

So the sulfur doesn't bother me as usual, but rather contributes to the taste experience, is not super complex with its 8 years, but it is fun, the finish is not too long now, then you have to add the next sip more quickly ;-)

It's pretty good. However, I almost miss the Kilkerran in the malt, as the barrel is already quite dominant. Seems a bit too clumsy to me.

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Similarly to the previous batch, this one need lots of air to open up. Suggest to let it breathe for at least 30 minutes. Observe the changes in the notes from time to time.

This is not an easy whisky, but it is a winner! Takes time in the glass and gets better as the bottle progresses.

Far too rubbery, and the sulphur doesn’t help. It does have some more going on, which saves it from a much lower score.

Nose Sulphur, hint of gasoline, smoky, a bit of gummy bear, sour fruits Palate Warm spice, smoke to the fore with water, sulphury, savory, walnut, sour fruits again Finish Medium length, savory tinge lingering after caramel, smoke and mild peat fading away, bitter sweet chocolate, drying finish

Words describe taste better than numbers.

This batch 12/2021 is a sulphur bomb. Bad casks, as simple as that.

One of the now massively hyped and therefore rarely available at a reasonable price cask strengths from Kilkerran from the sherry cask. The whisky has a rich, dark amber hue due to the 1st fill cask. However, it is not as dark as the modern sherry bombs made from casks with dried sherry concentrate. Appropriate color for age, that's the way it's meant to be. Of course, the whisky is uncolored and not chill-filtered. www.glen-efze.de

Bad tastes that are worse than Batch 4 and unique to strong burned 1st fill sherry are overdone

So yeah, there's smoke. I'll just say that now. Otherwise, I would conclude that it is a wet finish, since the sherry notes are clear and present, but others are too. Overall, it has an incredibly good balance and is easy to drink. Still varied and a bit dirty, I like it quite a lot. Notes from a blind tasting. Extremely interesting, I've never had this rotten fruit / baby bump notes in a Kilkerran. Wet finish was nothing, it was more the power of the new make that could stand up to the sherry. Interestingly, unlike others, I couldn't find any sulfur and the smoke was well hidden.

You can't keep up with the aromas - there are so many to be found; overall, this is a dark, sherry-focused malt that has rich facets. OK, but it takes some time, a few drops of water to open it are also helpful. [91 - 87 = extremely tasty -> I'd better get a second bottle]

Quite hot, rather young, and a tad smokey, but a solid cask strength sherry Kilkerran nonetheless.

Batch 5 of the 8-year-old cask strength and we have another winner on our hands. Very intense, heavy coastal spirit with a wonderfully integrated Oloroso influence. Compared to the re-charred Oloroso batch 4, I find this has slightly less wood influence and a touch more coastal character to it. Value (£48) : 8/10

Much more briny, more Campbelltown than 2019 edition (which is a good point, to me). Last edition was an ultimate full-bodied sherry bomb. This edition remains a sherry bomb but alcohol seems to be a bit less integrated and viscosity is lower (here is the difference between re-charred cask and first fill cask ?). Oxidation helps this whisky... but it's often the case, especially with Campbelltown distilleries. A very good whisky with a dirty profile. Especially at 70 euros. 2019 edition was better. No doubt about it. But 2019 edition would have been ultra top-tier with 2021 edition's briny notes.

Despite its relatively young age, a pretty nice whisky. The influence of the sherry cask fits nicely with the slightly smoky character of the Kilkerran.

Absolutely wonderful whisky for its age. Much fudgier compared to its predecessor.

I just don't understand what to write. Brave, young and daring. This cannot be released. 80

What a class for this young whisky. One of the best cask strengths i’ve had. The taste goes everywhere in the right direction. The aftertaste is brilliant and heavy

absolutely not my cup of tea too many rotten eggs, reminds me a lot of the 18 Oloroso by Deanston

This my batch (bought 12/2021) sulphur bomb. Bad casks, as simple as that.

Not too complex, but has a lot of power and a pleasantly "dirty" touch.

Nose: Cooked apple, smoke Taste: Cooked apple, red fruits, dried fruits Finish: Smoke, honey, dried fruits, oak

Really surprised me with its unique nose and palate for an 8-year-old whisky. Very dusty and funky, yet well integrated with a sweet note from the sherry. It is sherried, but the sweetness leans more towards a port-like character, especially noticeable toward the finish. Sulfur notes, such a springbank character!

dirty, suplhury on the nose. In the taste it gets better. 87 from me.

This is some whisky, a nice combination of peatiness and fruitiness. Especially the nose is very rich, but overall a very nice whisky. I like the farmy twist in it as well.

A colleague from the base writes cleverly: "Sulfur is not the end of the world" He's right there, only the whole thing shouldn't be too violent. I actually like playing around with the ignition platelets and robber pistols, just not in almost all areas of the assessment. So I have to deduct a lot from the A grade, because this is borderline on a missing grade. I suspect these barrels were added on purpose to overrule the youth. Depending on the circumstances, I will describe this dram neutrally. Conclusion in advance: "It's not mine" The PLV is also underground "Sorry folks.

Having a very intense "off" note on this one. Did not pay a retarded price on this and got a sample plus bottle at a local dealer... so a high price is neither turning me off (nor shifting my rating up, as it should be good if it was expensive). So... the... tasting condeses together to... burnt, sweaty, rubber boots... and that really struck me unprepared. Nose: okay, neat, but that sweaty rubber Mouth: OH GOD NOW THEY ARE ON FIRE Finish: Oloroso notes remain after the rubber is gone (so thats neat). Brings quite alot to the table, but the strange notes really puts me off (I am quite tolerant to sulfur, so funny to have THAT)

Poorly understood, had a cold, but seemed easier than early, 2019 seems to test)

Great piece!

The batch I have tasted is flawed by a dominant sulphuric nose and taste.

Kilkerran 8 year old, cask strength and is fully matured in oloroso. Bottled at 56.9% ABV this whisky is a BIG HITTER. A predecessor to the 2019 cask strength oloroso and somewhat of a decisive whisky between reviewers and drinkers alike. Oh it's a biggie! The RRP was around about £45 to £50 and some shops were ridiculously charging £60. It is non chill filtered and has no added colouring. Nose: So when I first opened this my first dram had way too much sulphur very eggy very sulphuric very off-putting and once I got maybe two to three drams in, it opened up a lot more and that sulphuric-ness went away however straight away on the nose I'm definitely getting sulphur it's not overly eggy it's not horrible it's just a little sulphury. There's definitely spent matches, that chemical reaction that you get when you strike a match, that smell. I'm stealing this scent off my my girlfriend so I asked her to smell it when I was getting the egg and her nose must not be very accustomed to sulphur or maybe just able to see past it but she got toffee fudge doughnut and there is, there's a sweetness there, a caramel, a toffee and it is a toffee fudge doughnut so that's what I'm going to do I'm going to steal her tasting notes. The charred element is there in the sense of charcoal. You're also getting soot. There's a jam element to it though as well and a little tarty. I can smell the mince pies yo get at Christmas. It's very complex there's a lot going on. Yeah it's a little damp, damp kind of grime and just funk in general Springbank, Kilkerran, Campbelltown funk. A dunnage warehouse dirtiness, real earthy and that peat that funky funky peat. It is a funky nose. Once you get past the initial sulphur which is it's changed as it went down the bottle but once you get past the initial sulphur it's just it it's just a brilliant nose. So much going on so much depth. Palate: Raspberry jam! Burnt something, burnt meat. Let's say burnt steak, yes it's got that iron element that kind of blood element like a rare steak but with a nice charring outside. It's brilliant in the palate, very meaty and dense. There are fruits and dried fruits with sherry. Oh rubber, burnt rubber or maybe not burnt rubber but if you've got, I think it's an American term, an eraser if you've got a rubber and you're rubbing out pencil or whatever there's that and don't ask me how I know how that tastes, I was a weird child. It sounds absolutely atrocious, why would you want to drink that but it's amazing: the levels of this whisky are just fantastic. Once again the charring, the soot coming through in the palate. It is sweet you've got those burnt elements but there is a real sweetness to this quite sticky sweet. Demerara sugar, brown sugar for sure. Finish: The finish is long. Once again spent matches on the finish. There's more caramelised, toffee a burnt toffee or toffee sauce something like that very sweet in the finish. It's drying on the finish as well, like a sherry dryness. A little bit of nut maybe nutmeg. A wood element is there too and some more soot. Conclusion: Before I get into scoring, comparing this to last year or 2019 version, 2019 version from what I can remember was better it was a lot juicier it wasn't as sulphuric it wasn't as dirty for me, a little bit fresher a little bit juicier. I like the dirtiness to this, this to me feels more raw it doesn't feel as refined as 2019's version, it just feels a little bit more funkier a little bit dirtier but I never had a bottle of 2019 so I couldn't say for sure which one I would choose but 2019 version maybe just edges it. I don't think I would buy a bottle again, although as much as I loved it, these whiskies come out each year and the bourbons are superior for me. Plus, there is no way I would get this anywhere for a reasonable price. I 100% believe that £45 is worth every penny for this whisky and I would even pay as much as £60 for it, anything more is asking too much. Finally, I would recommend trying this whisky as it truly is a tasty dram and one to experience. If you did manage to get £45 what a steal. You've only got to celebrate Springbank, J&A Mitchell's pricing of their whisky. I know this sounds like a fanboy moment but the way they work, how hard they work, majority of the the process they do pretty much everything start to finish and they do it manually the majority of the process is manual obviously there's machines used for certain parts but it's a more traditional way of making spirit and for people not to open their whiskies or people sell them and flip them. It's a little bit of a kick in the goonads but there you go that's life: c'est la vie. This is fantastic whisky if you've got a bottle get it open, get it cracked and enjoy it and share it with your friends. Don't leave it sitting on the shelf and definitely please do not flip it and do not sell it anyhow that's my rant over. YouTube Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G17JzQqWmgU&ab_channel=WhiskyWhims My Scoring Process: My process is simple. I rate it on three factors: Is it worth it, would I buy it again and would I recommend it? I will the determine if the whisky is a whisky win or a whisky bin. A whisky can have 2/3 of these factors and still be a whisky win. Usually, anything lower than 2/3 is a whisky bin.

Gunpowder, burnt matches, rich dark fruits, chocolate sponge cake, burnt toast, old leather, damp cloth, musty wood, baking spices, cocoa, dried leaves. Water reveals old books and soft smoke. Yeah, this is challenging but great, as long as you don't mind the burnt match/gunpowder type of sulphur. I clearly don't mind it, in fact I rather enjoy it. It's the rotten egg/vegetal sulphur that gets me.

Nice sherried, with a dirty edge. I like it!

Not exactly my favorite style, definitely a little too busy. I also smell a hint of sulphur, which doesn't drive me crazy. But with 8 years it's still a lot of stuff

87.5

Nose-87/100; Taste-86/100; Finish-86/100.

wtfff. it ... "stinks" ? Like an extremely mold/fungus wine... Unpleasant basement The palate is warm, coal+sherry, some smoke + rubber... Idk how can one find fruits here... Mineralish motor oil Finish is pretty weird... Sharp and plain at the same time... Very strange

Overall, I also like this new 8-year-old bottling very much. I wouldn't pay more than 80 euros for this.

Excellent dirty tasting Campbeltown sherried malt. This is only the second day of opening and yet it has improved a lot already. Typical Kilkerran nose and taste. Honey and smoke, umami. Can take a bit of water, which tames it and gives more subtlety and depth... Long long finish that has a burnt caramel / Balsamico mix, wow this is growing on me. And later still some watercress!! Yesterday definitely inferior compared to the recent sherried longrow 14, let's see ... ( That really tasted average for a while, now it is glorious...) A few weeks later And I have to say it's growing on me so much that I have upped my rating to 90. Thought I preferred the recent Longrow 14 sherry cask bottling, but this clearly beats it for me now!

The sulphur is not the end of the world, but it also remains baffling to me how these casks make their way into a bottle.

Slightly less than the previous one but still very good.

Nose - Caramel all over, very thick syrup sweet honey like, nice sherry aroma, earthy like peat Taste - There's a complexity of sweetness apart from dark fruit, it's a very nice bloom fighting for a place to land in the mouth unlocking the flavors layer by layer Finish - Medium finish, nice lingering scented floral like , warmness on the throat

2021-09-25

If you don't like sulfur as an aroma, you should stay away from it or let the dram stand for half an hour (and maybe even add water). On the palate it is significantly less sulphurous than the nose. Overall a pretty straight forward whisky. I like it better than the fortified whiskys from wet casks.

Acts like the adolescent version of the Springbank 18yo. Good sherry influence with mineral water-like sulfur and warehouse notes. Poorly integrated alcohol spoils the enjoyment a little, unfortunately.

B: 56.9%, ucf, nc, thick, towny colour. 25 N: charred wood, vanilla ice cream, nuts, white pepper, liquorice, after addition of water berry notes and smoke. 21 P: berries, vanilla, spice, wood, chocolate. 21 F: raisins, vanilla, spice, smoke. 22 Batch #5. Mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand tasty sweet palate and long sweet and smoky finish, on the other hand strong tannin notes on the nose that cover with itself any other smell. Still decent cask strength that needs more time and attention. Reviewed 1.8.2022

A hard one, not my kind of dram

So mediocre that it's hard to accept. I can only give it a score of 86. Boring sherry-finished product.

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The prices in Germany are insane! Shot in Switzerland for 74.

Mega good nose! Unfortunately an acid in the key that doesn't work ...!

Indeed very different from the previous oloroso batch. N : "dirty" is used a lot in other reviews and I think I'd say it too. But on the same side it's lighter than the 57.1% version : less wood, less caramel, less burning log and more vanilla, meaty and cheesy notes. Also lighter on spices, that alcohol is greatly integrated. It has a touch of something else, perhaps swimming pool chlorine. M : ok that's also something else. Meat meets cola ? Coal too. Peppered carambar. Gets spicier with time, oilier too. F : I definitely get a very light cabbage note which I don't dislike. Burnt meat sauce. I hoped for a longer trip there. That's dense and generous, not complex but very consistent. For 60€ what's not to like ? 8/10

a real hammer this 8 year old. One of the best young whisky I've tried so far. It looks much more mature and older than 8 years. Delicious. Compared to batch # 4, I find this a bit fruity in profile

Unexpectedly tough and unbalanced. Definitely requires reduction while drinking. Or a very long breath. But all the same, there remains an overused harsh ... Much worse than Batch # 4 Nose - 21 Taste - 21 Finish - 21 Balance - 21 Rating - 84

The previous one was much sherry (Batch # 4), here the darker flavors are in the foreground,

The aroma is dominated by earthy minerality, dark chocolate and molasses. The taste is met with distinct fried mushrooms in berry sauce and tobacco. The finish is long, hot, with sulfur and sweet spices. Incredible for eight years old, very deep and balanced, sometimes there is a hint of youth, but because of the chic barrel, suspicions go away immediately. RATING: 89pts - | 87 - 89 (B +) → Great | - Always nice to have a bottle of this.

Strong sherry, dried fruit, leather, toasted wood, sulphur, oak spice, butterscotch. Medium body, dense, caramel sweetness, warming, piquant, medium intensity, good structure, little depth.

Nice, not very complicated. Takes a couple of days after opening to open up.

Springbank funk and heavily sherried. Some green notes, but masked well with the cask influence. Would buy again.

Expensive whisky. But he is something special. The alcohol is perfectly integrated. You can experiment with water, but this is not necessary. It has a lot of Campbelltown character.

Funky, dirty, balanced dram. The wood doesn't tame distillery character, it's an obvious honorable member of the great Springbank family. Adding water truly reveals the full spectrum of aromas and it's quite a peaty one, very close to a Longrow in my opinion. i really appreciate this one and didn't find this off-sulfury note which is often suggested. I must be very tolerant about sulfur anyway as I only was disturbed by sulfur once from Campeltown area (remember a Cadenhead 15 yo sherry Longrow back in 2014/2015 was really off putting: sulfuric/acidic to the point i couldn't finish a single dram)

A young, one-dimensional whisky with a distinct sulfur note. Match and gunpowder dominate. Behind this, a modern sherry maturation reveals red fruits and peppery spiciness, but lacks depth or balance. A slight bitterness from the oak finish. The Campbeltown funk is only noticeable with a great deal of imagination.

First pour and the nose is very rubbery/sulphured. Needs time but still very evident in the nose and continues on the palate. If you're sulphur sensitive might be one to sample rather than buy a bottle. Quite fruity with leather and tobacco notes. Some smoke and peat. On the palate the initially sweet and fruity then some more rubber, oak, smoke and peat. A sensation close to popping candy with tingles and sensations all over the mouth, palate and tongue. Gains volume in the mouth if quite a bit thinner than the 57.1 release. Finish feels quite short initially but then the palate and sensations linger and leave you wanting more. Only part of the official tasting notes I recognise is sandalwood - certainly an exotic wood on the palate and finish. A pretty dirty profile that some will love??

Sulfur bomb ... my facial features derail!

surprisingly complex; very nice Campbeltown malt - tolerates water; If you have the opportunity to get hold of a bottle, then I would recommend a purchase up to a maximum of € 90.

Tasted on 04-03-2021.

my least favoruite batch from the 8 CS series - sulphur detected

Blind sample courtesy of a friend. Slightly herbal and a bit metallic, although my guess went elsewhere I guess it fits either way. Still very characteristic of its malt even with what seem to be active casks. Nice to have tried, and I think a notch better than batch #6.

Like I'm sucking on a match... It's a lot of sulfur. And on the one hand, I want to give the whisky 75 points. And on the other side 85. So 80?

https://whiskylovingpianist.wordpress.com/2024/08/14/campbeltown-malts-fest-2024-springbank/ C: More ‘heavy heavy’, yet the KK spirit seems to handle those phenols with aplomb. When you’re in the mood, KK can be the missing piece you didn’t know you needed. Will we regret not stocking up on Kilkerran when we all had the chance? There’s far less of it made than there is of Springbank.

Great Kilkerran tasting Sherry bomb

Intense aromas, not quiet. Very light sulfur, but doesn't bother me. 5-10% water open the aromas

A lot has been said about this whisky, and a lot of it negative, which really baffles me. It reminds you just how confusingly subjective certain flavours can be. For me this is a gem with so much individual personality, and like most subjective opinions, it's hard to understand how anyone could think otherwise. But I guess that's the beauty of it all. Getting down to the whisky itself, it's pure Campbeltown funk, it's dirty and lactose, with an oily grease coating a rich forest fruits and chocolate mousse. A healthy dose of mocha on the finish, with an earthy smoke just starting to creep up. Reminds me of some Springbank 12's (from the 2016-2018 70% sherry batches) and a Ben Nevis 10 on steroids.

Watch out for sulfur! But in connection with the whisky and the alcohol strength, that works very well for me. The whisky can tolerate a lot of water, which significantly improves the PLV. I like it very much.

I hate it when I like young, overpriced stuff (I'm talking about the secondary market). Well done Kilkerran!

Sherry bomb, powerful but flat enough

A very impressive piece of work for 8-year-old sherry cask-aged bottles. 87/100

A bottling that is completely overpowered by sulfur and unfortunately overstays its welcome because of it. Time in the glass does not improve it much.

It seems that the purpose of this whisky was to wash the barrel and prepare it for a longer aging, it is so rich in sherry with all the accompanying inclusions: sweetness, spices, dust. He is like a fig, and you even look for his seeds in your mouth.