7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Port Ellen 1983 Old Bothwell (Cask 221)
Type
ABV
53.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Malt, light peat, light wine notes
Taste
Malty, salty and peaty, some background sweet notes
Finish
Blowing Smoke
Liquor
Port Ellen 1983 Old Bothwell (Cask 230)
Type
ABV
55.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sophisticated and balanced. Great mineral notes, lemon and grapefruit aromas, soft camphor, marzipan, walnuts, wet wool
Taste
Oily and more punchy now. There’s peat, brine, citrus, some oak but again also sweeter notes of marzipan and hazelnuts
Finish
Very long with citrus, smoke and salty liquorice
Liquor
Port Ellen 1983 Old Malt Cask (Cask 6588)
Type
ABV
50%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Highlights dark fruits covered in ash, smoked ham and leather, the sherry influence is obvious
Taste
Peppery spices, raisins and tobacco feature strongly,interwoven with peat smoke
Finish
Cinnamon, drying oak and a touch
Liquor
Port Ellen 1983 Old Malt Cask (Cask 6702)
Type
ABV
50%
Region
Distiller
Nose
A smoking malt kiln, a sweet camphor style & flamed lemon peel
Taste
Still sweet runs to a “Fisherman’s Friend” quality & smoking embers
Finish
Long and carries a burnt cocoa chocolate style & sweet liquorice
Liquor
Port Ellen 1983 Old Malt Cask (Cask 6836)
Type
ABV
50%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Highlights dark fruits covered in ash, smoked ham and leather, the sherry influence is obvious
Taste
Peppery spices, raisins and tobacco feature strongly,interwoven with peat smoke
Finish
Cinnamon, drying oak and a touch
Liquor
Port Ellen 1983 Scotch Single Malt Circle
Type
ABV
58.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Lots of hessian, rubber fishing wellies, creel nets, tarred rope, ink, black olives and sharp ointments. Salted liquorice.
Taste
Big, peppery, tarry, hugely medicinal flecked peat smoke, dried herbs, ointments, miso paste, salted butter, smoked sea salt.
Finish
Long, deeply tarry, full of hessian, slated liquorice, slightly bitter notes.
Liquor
Port Ellen 1983 Scott’s Selection
Type
ABV
56.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet peat, lemon peel/oil.
Taste
Sweet, salt and acidity, stony, minerally, peat.
Finish
Long, smoky, acidic.
Nose
Sweet hints of almonds, or even better, almond butter cookies. Some wax and lemon. Hints of overripe fruits.
Taste
Peaty, sweet and salty at the same time. Pepper and citrus. Lots of iodine.
Finish
Peppery and grassy hints, fading on sweet peat smoke.
Nose
Iodine, seaweed and chip shop cooking oil. Mangos and peaches hiding underneath.
Taste
Delicate and subdued style of smoke with rolling spice and a rich, fruity sweetness.
Finish
Long and sweet with some savoury spice as well.
Liquor
Port Ellen 1983 Single Malts of Scotland
Type
ABV
52.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Aromas of tar, seaweed, peat smoke and a lovely earthiness
Taste
Enticing flavours of dried fruits, leather, oak, and vanilla spice, rounded with a wispy smoke.
Finish
A long lingering finish with a pleasing note of liquorice
Nose
Citruses, salt, herbals, smoked meats, peat and tar, seaweed, iodine, camphor
Taste
Sweet, creamy, oily: massive peat, salty caramel, coffee, citruses and camphor
Finish
Long with citruses, smoke and ash
Nose
Fruit and honey with a little smoke. A little lime.
Taste
Sweet fruit, a little salted caramel, more sugar and more salt
Finish
Very sweet, and very long finish, with a little salt in aftertaste