42.90 A Castaway'S Beach Hut

Scotch Malt Whisky Society cask 42.90, A Castaway's Beach Hut, is a single cask single malt Scotch whisky from Tobermory in the Highlands (SMWS distillery code 42). Distilled on 5 April 2006, it matured for 19 years in a refill ex-bourbon hogshead. It was bottled at a cask strength of 56.4% ABV, with an outturn of 232 bottles. The Society files it under its Coastal & maritime flavour profile. A clearly maritime nose of sea spray, salted melon and salted caramel cheesecake leads to coconut water, lime and mango on the palate before creamy, spicy oak takes hold. Water brings warm pineapple, peach and pecan muffins and beach-bonfire driftwood. Like every Society bottling it is bottled at cask strength without chill filtration.

Nose: Sea spray, salted cantaloupe and salted caramel cheesecake; water adds warm pineapple, peach and pecan muffins and tropical mango porridge

Palate: Coconut water with lime and mango coulis, then creamy, spicy oak at mid-palate

Serve: Neat, then with a few drops of water to open up the aromas; at full cask strength it rewards patience.