En tiedä tynnyristä, sinihomejuustosta enkä Sibbestä mutta nyt tämä jotenkin tökkii vastaan. Kurkkuun jää ilkeästi pistävä tunne. Rosenteista se ei saa johtua tai sitten on panossa tyritty. Oli mikä lie mutta ei näin.

Late night dinner. A hare simmered for three hours in red wine gravy in the wood fueled masonry oven. Oh Lord. So tender. And deep tastewise. The meal deserves something bigger, preferably also barrel aged. And here we go! This beer has several vintages. I can't verify anywhere what vintage this is but I would guess it's the latest, that is 2020. Anyway, I'll check this in as a non-vintage version. Jet black is the appearance. And opaque. As one can anticipate... The carbonation is astonishingly open-hearted as a tan, hugely soapy head fills the entire glass. Enormous. Takes a couple of pours to manage the fill in the first place. But eventually it's there. Descends abnormally fast, like a collapsing snow mountain. What remains is a thin lace ring, the color, of course, being unchanged. Peat, whisky and oaky barrel nuances dominate in the scent. Islay in sight. Licorice looms timidly behind the whisky barrel. Espresso, tobacco and a roasted smoky wisp season this segment beautifully. The taste... uuuhh... my goodness... this is strrrrrong. Flavorwise, I mean. Very powerful. Whisky is unbeatable. Almost unbearable. But still not. Huge whisky on the tongue. Peat, peat and peat. Mama! Smoke on the tastebuds. Soot, ash, charcoal, intensive deep barrel notes. Dried tobacco leaves. A drop of very bitter espresso, as well. Dark malt and a smaller injection of piney hops from the traditional flavor list. A plenty of notes, still quite a universal trajectory that doesn't offer surprises. The body clocks full. Yes, full. But not robust though. Serves the purpose surely in this ABV category but doesn't start a fireworks. The finish is burned, ashy, boozy, peaty, barrel aged. And what not. Iku-Turso, son of Old-age Aftertaste, why art rising from the waters; wherefore dost thou leave the blue-sea? The mouthfeel is full, strong, intense, deep and relatively rich. The beer is exceptionally copiously barrel aged, somewhat boozy, dry, drying, burned, woody and mouthcoating. Warming. And a bit tangy. Toooo frothy. Challenging. Deep end. Offers a lot of nuances but I still wouldn't call this complex.

Leffaherkkuna pitkästä aikaa Iku-Tursoa, islay tynnyrinen versio. Tuoksu on kivan paahteinen, tynnyrisyyttä kevyesti ja greippisyyttä lopussa. Maussa on alkuun tumman suklainen maltaisuus, johon nopeasti tulee islayn savuisuutta ja kevyttä puuta. Jälkimaussa samat elementit viipyilee miellyttävästi. Kuivaavaa katkeroa viimeistelemässä. Suht kevyt runko,helppo juotava mutta kiva hitaasti nautittuna👌 Mainiota olutta Hiideltä,ihan top 5 menee mitä heiltä maistanut, islay on hyvä tynnyri.😋

On paljon, ehkä enemmän kuin pyysin. Ajatus hiipi mieleeni olisiko pitänyt koskaan päästää tynnyristä pois. Hurja, hieman vaatii kesyttämistä. Ehkä kaikki johtui vain siitä ettei sibelius soinut. Hyvä paahteisuus. Menee jopa huonossa seurassa.

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