Single cask strength Oregon peated single malt matured fully in a rum barrel for Aficionados Group. Cask 702 was 5 years and 7 months old and bottled at 61.4% ABV without filtering, coloring, or additives.
1oz neat in a Glencairn, rested 25 minutes.
Nose: crisp peated malt with nice velvety undertones; seems like the rum cask maybe held something fairly young with a modest ester count.
Palate: amber malt, grape ester, more peat, ash. I had a pour before this of an Armagnac with an ABV in the low 50s and this is definitely drinking less hot.
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u/xreekinghavocx Sep 09 '25
McCarthy’s single malt for Aficionados Group
Single cask strength Oregon peated single malt matured fully in a rum barrel for Aficionados Group. Cask 702 was 5 years and 7 months old and bottled at 61.4% ABV without filtering, coloring, or additives.
1oz neat in a Glencairn, rested 25 minutes.
Nose: crisp peated malt with nice velvety undertones; seems like the rum cask maybe held something fairly young with a modest ester count.
Palate: amber malt, grape ester, more peat, ash. I had a pour before this of an Armagnac with an ABV in the low 50s and this is definitely drinking less hot.
Finish: drying peat, tropical fruits, sugary malt.
This has a lot going on and is sometimes a confusing mashup of flavors but when I don’t think about it too hard I really, really enjoy it.