{"title":"The Islay Festival Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/tile_w_out_words_2946c4a2-7a92-47fa-b9ec-c99107c900ce_480x480.png?v=1653510733\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/tile_w_out_words_2946c4a2-7a92-47fa-b9ec-c99107c900ce_480x480.png?v=1653510733\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs our Festival Season reaches its climax, we are thrilled to present \u003cstrong\u003etwo (2) new \u003cspan\u003ecelebratory bottlings \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ein commemoration of the \u003cstrong\u003eIslay Whisky Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e! \u003cspan\u003eThe Islay Whisky Festival \u003c\/span\u003ecommences this Friday at The Islay House with The Scotch Malt Whisky Society hosting members from around the world as thousands of whisky lovers descend on the tiny Hebridean island of Islay. The weeklong festival features scores of events and tastings with special releases from each active distillery on the island. These releases prove to be some of the most elusive and sought-after in the world. Our offerings today, sporting a \u003cstrong\u003especially designed label by British designer Michael A. Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003einternational bottle format (700mL)\u003c\/strong\u003e, take us to the sandy beaches of Loch Indaal and the calming Sound of Islay with two perfectly peated casks for your collection!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistillery 3 Rare Release Time Travellers\u003c\/strong\u003e is an enchanting dram, perfect if you are seeking an elegant touch of peat in the glass. Bursting with floral elegance and tropical character, the smoke is more perfumed and persistent throughout the palate, treating us to a complex and captivating dram. \u003cstrong\u003eDistillery 53 Rare Release Throw the Cork Away!\u003c\/strong\u003e unites a robust smokiness with luscious Oloroso sherry character for a dram you won’t be able to put down! The spirit spent time in bourbon hogsheads before we transferred it for more than two years to first fill American oak oloroso hogsheads from our partners at Tevasa cooperage in Jerez. That’s given the whisky a great mix of a more full-on Islay peaty character with dark, nutty and sweet oloroso sherry. This duo offers very different and equally compelling expressions from an island that has captured the hearts and minds of whisky lovers the world over!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlàinte!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"distillery-3-rare-release","title":"Distillery 3 Rare Release","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn celebration of the Islay Whisky Festival 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA typically exquisite nose that screams 'this' distillery. Abundant soft, almost overripe, exotic fruits. Wispy peat smoke, bonfire embers, bonjella mouth gel, seawater, pink grapefruit and light antiseptic notes. Just exquisite! With water we found it became more mineral, with dried mango and guava, threads of peat smoke, ointments, dried herbs and a lovely umami richness. The neat palate opened with a slick of sweet, velvety peat. Oily in texture, with vivid notes of mango, passion fruit and guava jam. Exotic fruit salad juices pooling in a bowl with sharper tones of grapefruit and seawater. Reduction brought smoked lychees, smoked olive oil, mineral salts and stunningly resinous and herbal peat smoke. Sweet and saline in perfect balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom creator Euan Campbell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: This is such an elegant take on a peated Islay whisky, left to mature over the course of 17 years in less active hogsheads that have brought a beautiful herbal peat smoke along with exotic fruits. 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On the palate smoke galore – imagine a peat smoked green olive tapenade made with olives, anchovies, garlic, parsley, olive oil, capers and lemon zest – add some Maggi liquid seasoning and wasabi – you get the picture! Following reduction, the scent was that of dry cured streaky bacon, apples baked with raisins and cinnamon as we made ourselves a Pu-erh tea. The taste now salty, sweet and smoky as well as oily, thick and tarry – terrific!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom creator Euan Campbell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: Islay is the only region where we’ve bottled two festival whiskies this year, and although they’re both in our Peated flavour profile, this one shows just how different these island drams can be – even from the same region and from the same flavour profile. In this case, the spirit spent time in bourbon hogsheads before we transferred it for more than two years to first fill American oak oloroso hogsheads from our partners at Tevasa cooperage in Jerez. That’s given the whisky a great mix of a more full-on Islay peaty character with dark, nutty and sweet oloroso sherry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUSA allocation: 630 bottles\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Scotch Malt Whisky Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39652862918727,"sku":"Distillery 53 Rare Release","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/products\/Distillery53RareRelease.png?v=1651258308"}],"url":"https:\/\/orders.smwsa.com\/collections\/the-islay-whisky-festival-collection.oembed","provider":"The Scotch Malt Whisky Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}