Review #570; Scotch #181: Kilkerran 14yr Open Day 2020 Bourbon Cask

This comes to us from Campeltown and is a 14 year old Kilkerran. This was aged entirely in a refill bourbon casks, triple distilled, and bottled at cask strength with no additives and was non-chill filtered. This was bottled and sold for the Virtual Campbeltown Festival.

ABV: 57.8%

Nose: Honey, Graham cracker, Vanilla, faint banana, lemon zest, slight metallic note (copper?), slight bread.

Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, lemon zest, honey, slight copper note, dark chocolate, slight bread.

Finish: Medium length finish. Warm, slight over-ripe blueberries, lemon zest, toffee, dark chocolate.

Rating: 7/10

This is a great bottling from Kilkerran for me. Loads of flavor, good balance of savory with a touch of sweetness throw in. This is yet another great example of how good a simple refill bourbon cask can be in the right hands. This was a buy all day long at MSRP, but at auction ehhh miss me with that.

1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.

2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.

3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.

4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but better exists.

5 | Good | Good, just fine.

6 | Very Good | A cut above.

7 | Great | Well above average

8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.

9 | Incredible | An all time favorite

10 | Perfect | Perfect


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