Serendipity Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Serendipity

Added on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 05:52 PM

Bottler:

Age:	12 yrs	Type:	Scotch
Vintage:	N/A	Subtype:	Vatted Malt
ABV:	40.00 %	Region:	N/A
Price:	$82	Availability:	Overseas Specialty

Member Ratings and Notes

Chris

N: Briny and peaty, the familiar Ardbeg nose, but with a layer of white wine and marshmallows.
P: A bit watery feeling when first hits the tongue, but then gains some grip. Peat and lemon.
F: Long and dry.
I had high hopes for this, but nothing real special here. I'll take an Ardbeg 10 please! The watery mouth feel brings this one down to a B-.

Andy

Lemony sweet tarts dropped into seawater. �Peat, lemon, seawater in that order with a little overlap. �The briney finish lingers ridiculously long. �Almost too long.

Adam

There are two aspects here: One is mildly sweet and pleasing, medium-light-bodied, with smokey hints. The second is drying, bitter, and kind of stale. That quickly becomes the predominant aspect, resulting in a whisky that's somewhat like bitter, very dark, unsweetened chocolate with traces of saltwater. Drinkable but not much to love.

I enjoyed this quite a bit. It doesn't completely work. But you get both sweet and smokey characteristics here, not as sweet as the dark color would indicate, and a lot of fun to drink. I'm a fan.

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