Islay Boys Whisky

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  Bårelegs Battle Axe Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 55,7%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197278347

  A Norwegian king in a kilt is not the first thing you associate with Islay. But Magnus Barelegs fought alongside the Celts in the late 1000s, and he has lent his name to a whisky just as unafraid of standing out.

  Expert description

  Bårelegs Battle Axe is an Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky bottled at 55.7% without chill filtration, released as a small batch.

  Behind the brand stand the Islay Boys, Donald MacKenzie from Port Charlotte and Mackay Smith from Portnahaven. Both are from the island and started blending and bottling whisky themselves with the aim of making something that tasted of Islay without costing a fortune in marketing.

  Battle Axe is the most powerful of the expressions in the range and is bottled at high strength without filtration. The peat is present but held back in favour of fruit from the cask, which makes the profile different from the classic smoke monsters of the island's south coast.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pear and peach with nutty notes from old oak and a fine layer of peat smoke underneath.

  Palate

  Round and full with date, walnut and citrus blossom. The smoke arrives late and never takes over.

  Finish

  Medium and warm with nuts, citrus and a last trace of peat.

  Specifications

  Name: Bårelegs Battle Axe Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 55.7%
  Bottler: Bårelegs
  Bottler: Islay Boys
  Region/Country: Islay, Scotland
  Type: Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 55,7%
  Size: 70 CL
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Edition: Battle Axe Small Batch
  EAN no.: 5060406110234

  Flavour profile

  Fruity · Nutty · Lightly smoked · Maritime · Powerful

  Did you know?

  Magnus Barelegs earned his nickname because he returned from Scotland wearing a kilt instead of trousers. The saga records that his men went about with bare legs, and the name stuck for the rest of his life.

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  • 1pcs.
    67,00EUR
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  Flatnöse Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 46%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197278350

  Ketill Flatnöse was a Norse chieftain who ruled the islands along the west coast of Scotland in the late 800s. Islay Boys have borrowed his name for a whisky rather lighter on its feet than the man himself is said to have been.

  The expert description

  Flatnöse Blended Malt Scotch Whisky is a lightly peated blended malt bottled at 46% in small batch.

  Behind the bottle stand Islay Boys, founded by Mackay Smith and Donald MacKenzie from the Rhinns peninsula on Islay. MacKenzie learned whisky production from Jim McEwan at Bruichladdich, and the firm has since built a set of brands around Norse island history.

  This release is a blended malt, meaning malt whisky from several distilleries and not a drop of grain. The smoke is restrained and sits as an edge rather than as the main course, and 46% gives it body without making it hard. It is bottled without chill filtration in small batch, which means the contents can vary a little from run to run.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pear first, with a faint peach behind and a note of honey tying it together.

  Palate

  Pleasingly round, where walnuts and citrus blossom step forward and where the smoke registers without taking up room.

  Finish

  Medium and soft with malt, nut and a final touch of smoke.

  Specifications

  Name: Flatnöse Blended Malt
  Bottler: Islay Boys
  Region/Country: Scotland
  Type: Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 70 CL
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Edition: Small Batch
  EAN no.: 5060406110081

  Flavour profile

  Lightly smoky · Fruity · Soft · Nutty · Honeyed

  Did you know?

  Islay Boys bought the island only brewery, Islay Ales, in 2018 and have since been working to get their own distillery standing. They began as bottlers of other people whisky and have ended up wanting to make their own, which on Islay is the rule rather than the exception.

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  • 1pcs.
    53,50EUR
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  Flatnöse Blended Scotch Whisky 43%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197278351

  The islands along the west coast of Scotland were governed from the sea, not from land. That is the world the Flatnöse name points back to, and the whisky has been given the same direct character to carry.

  The expert description

  Flatnöse Blended Scotch Whisky is a lightly peated blend bottled at 43% in small batch.

  Where the Islay Boys blended malt sticks to pure malt whisky, this release is a proper blend with both malt and grain. The grain gives softness and a cereal sweetness that malt alone does not deliver, and the smoke therefore has a rounder base to stand on.

  The name is taken from Ketill Flatnöse, the Norse chieftain who in the late 800s was king over the islands along the west coast. Bottling happens in small batch and without chill filtration, so the contents can vary a little from run to run.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Malt and sweetness first, with an appealing note of smoke settling in underneath.

  Palate

  Pleasingly smoky, where pepper steps clearly forward alongside the smoke. The cereal sweetness sits below and holds it together.

  Finish

  Medium and dry with smoke, pepper and a final malty sweetness.

  Specifications

  Name: Flatnöse Blended Scotch Whisky
  Bottler: Islay Boys
  Region/Country: Scotland
  Type: Blended Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 43%
  Size: 70 CL
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Edition: Small Batch
  EAN no.: 5060406110029

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Malty · Spiced · Soft · Sweet

  Did you know?

  Very few blends are bottled without chill filtration. The process removes the compounds that can turn whisky hazy at low temperature, and it is used on almost every bottle at this level because haze gets mistaken for a fault. Islay Boys chose to skip it and explain why instead.

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  • 1pcs.
    40,00EUR
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  Flatnöse Blended Scotch Whisky Rum Finish 43%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197278352

  Rum casks and Scotch whisky have travelled together since the trading ships began running the same route both ways. Here that connection is made concrete: a lightly peated blend that has ended its life in Latin American rum casks.

  The expert description

  Flatnöse Rum Finish is a Blended Scotch Whisky finished in Latin American rum casks and bottled at 43% in small batch.

  The base whisky is the same light, peated blend from Islay Boys that the rest of the Flatnöse family is built on. The difference lies in the closing period in rum wood, which among other things has contributed exotic demerara notes, the dark, almost molasses-like sweetness familiar from rum made on cane syrup.

  The rum cask makes the whisky softer and rounder without the smoke disappearing. It is bottled without chill filtration in small batch, so the contents can vary a little from run to run.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Soft and sweet with demerara sugar, a light smoky edge and a note of ripe banana.

  Palate

  Lively and lightly spiced with vanilla and demerara in the background, while the malt and smoke keep it from turning too sweet.

  Finish

  Medium and soft with syrup, spice and a final touch of smoke.

  Specifications

  Name: Flatnöse Rum Barrel Finish
  Bottler: Islay Boys
  Region/Country: Scotland
  Type: Blended Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 43%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Finished in Latin American rum casks
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Edition: Small Batch
  EAN no.: 5060406110227

  Flavour profile

  Sweet · Lightly smoky · Spiced · Vanilla · Soft

  Did you know?

  Demerara takes its name from a river in Guyana where the sugar cane grew along the banks. Today the word covers both a type of sugar and a style of rum, and it is the dark, molasses-like sweetness of that style the rum casks leave behind in the whisky.

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  • 1pcs.
    45,50EUR