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#330  Connemara 12 YO Peated Single Malt Irish (Leinster)
This cost is what I found the likely shelf price for a 750ml bottle to be, based on an average of costs throughout the USA. Your price may differ significantly. This is not an advertisement of sale, this bottle is likely empty by now anyway Cost$6500Bottle Image. Image is © Practical Whisky. Bottle, logo and other trademarked imagery are © their respective owners.
BottlerOfficial Bottling
00-09:Horrid
10-19:Awful
20-29:Unpleasant
30-39:Poor
40-49:Below Average
50-59:Average
60-69:Recommendable
70-79:Very Good
80-89:Excellent
90-99:Fantastic
Taste Score
              74       
The whisky's score as weighed against the cost of a bottle. Adj. Score
           57          
ABV40%
AwardsTaste Award: Bronze
Tasting # 453: Skeletons 12: Irish Mystery  (27-AUG-2010)
NotesI had this pegged as an Islay because of the peat, it's just so rare in an Irishman. On the plus side, I blind-scored this exactly the same, so that gives me a little boost in my hopes of being objective.
1st
Impression		- blind -
SmellSome peat, so we're off to Islay. Clean linen, minty peat, whipped cream and burnt marshmallows. Oak and some blackened notes. Really interesting, really nice.
TasteMuch milder than I'd thought. Peat in the top, very smokey. Opens oak and pepper and builds to that nice cream and salted butter. There's even some baked pears in the finale. Nice stuff, quite nice.
Tasting Score74
Tasting # 361: CT5: Back to Connemara  (08-JUN-2009)
NotesThe Chardonnay Tasting taste event So now we age the peated Irishman a few years and what do we get? Joy. This is why I love line tastings, you can see exactly what changes from whisky to whisky and why the distiller waited to release something.
1st
Impression		Not a great bottle, pretty enough.
SmellSmooth and mild, just enough green barley and peat so you don't have to check the label alongside clementine oranges. It's all a bit far down in the glass, but nice.
TasteA bit of bite after the first peat rush, but oh the build. Oh the top. There's peat in Ireland and it's creamy stuff. More oranges, more lemon, heather peeking in over the peat. Honestly, this is nearly a 90 point whisky with slightly too much bite keeping it back. There's just no fighting the burn in the opening, which is a pity. Mid 80s.
Legacy Score85
Comments
Mark
14-Jun-2009 00:30:57 GMT		I like the 12 year old compared to the ageless expression. I like tasting the peat, but having he mellow "Irishness" that follows. It is worth the extra price to get the 12 year old expression.

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