Williamson 6 Year Old, Dram Mor Single Cask #316

Williamson is not a distillery. It is a name given to the 'tea-spooned' malt or blended malt whisky category. To create a teaspoon whisky, an actual teaspoon of another single malt is added to a cask of the single malt whisky. It is gernerally known which Islay distillery makes this peated whisky. The teaspoon malt is named after Bessie Williamson (1910-1982) in the last century was the only woman who owned and ran a whisky distillery on Islay.

Cask number: 316
Cask Type: 6 years 9 months Refill Bourbon
One of only 348 bottles available worldwide

Tasting notes:
Colour: Early spring dandelion honey.

Nose: What an odd smoke, so savoury and delicious, like a really good bacon.

Palate: Liquorice, gentian root and gentle smoke, the taste is so different to the nose it’s shocking. Sweet, bitter, spicy and rooty, unexpectedly delightful.

Finish: A very delicate cigarette ash with oily bitter sweetness and spiciness that slowly drifts off, leaving sweet, savoury smoke that is both confusing and delightful, lingering on the palate long, long after the dram is done.