JNuyts scored this whisky 86 points 
Machrie Moor Cask Strength - Second Edition
- Whiskybase ID
- WB72213
- Category
- Single Malt
- Distillery
- Bottler
- Distillery Bottling
- Bottling serie
- The Peated Arran Malt
- Bottled
- 2015
- Casktype
- ex-American Bourbon
- Number of bottles
- 9000
- Strength
- 58.2 % Vol.
- Size
- 700 ml
- Bottle code
- L 09 09 15
- Barcode
- 5060044482793
- Added on
- 23 sep 2015 3:19 pm by JSW
Average value
€ 156.62
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Whisky reviews for Machrie Moor Cask Strength - Second Edition
38 users have left 41 reviews for this whisky. Average rating is 84.85 points.
JNuyts scored this whisky 86 points
WhiskeryTurnip scored this whisky 65 points
This dram also made me rethink whether I really wanted a heavily peated Arran. This Machrie Moor edition clocked in at 20 PPM (phenol parts per million), which, while not heavily peated, is still significantly peated. The mild and fruity Arran malt is completely lost and overwhelmed by the peat influence. Arran definitely can do peat well; the Smuggler Series featured two blends featuring peat and they were great, but this was not good at all. It was simple and one note and Arran does not play the smoke note very well.-
A meadow on fire: ash, smoke, lilies, lilacs, and wildflowers all mingle together. There is faint antiseptic iodine and a sweet coating of gingerbread frosting.
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Very light body and not very complex palate. Dominated by syrupy liquid smoke from a grassfire or burning coconut husks with a slightly metallic-battery twang. Fleeting floral and sausage notes.
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Medium to short caramel and coriander.
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Cask1988 did not rate this whisky
A very rewarding cask strength Arran! At first I wasn’t very convinced but this one grows on me by the minute! What a delight this is.-
Good nose! Full of flavors. Lots of wood influences of old quality bourbon casks. It offers quite some mild spices like in vanilla curd cheese and licorice candy. The whole is packed in a rather strong package. The high ABV definitely contributes to that. Although it’s a NAS, my gut feeling tells me quite some older, mature casks are being used here. Ripe tropical fruits and a rather intense spiced layer normally seen on older bourbon maturations are clearly present here. A little later more ‘dirty’, earthy and some smokey flavors reveal. Smoked vanilla and charcoal. Nice and multi layered!
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The palate is soft and gentle upon arrival. The alcohol integrated very well. It offers everything one could expect of a bourbonized CS whisky. It doesn’t do anything wrong, neither there are special things to detect. It’s just very good in what it offers! Thick, creamy body. Thick on vanilla, honey, sugared apples, some pear and a whiff of smoke.
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Long, soft and full flavored. There it is, the peat! Smoked fruits like in apples, zesty pear and nectarine. Again more of the above stated spices.
It’s a very, very fit whisky to start and learn to drink cask strength whiskies. But it is a delight for more experienced enthousiast in my opinion! I would be happy to empty a bottle when given a bottle by surprise. But it’s definitely something I could buy it myself.
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DistiLesha scored this whisky 79 points
At first he showed promise, but at some point it became clear that no development was foreseen; in the end, I was pleased only by an interesting, sweetish, but very little smoky taste. With water, the structure collapses. Smoke, unexpectedly, rather weak.
N: 19 T: 22 F: 19 B: 19-
Fruit, burnt foliage, hay and grass, dry
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Super sweet (sweetness 9 out of 10), rich, stringy and oily, fruit, refined sugar, burnt sugar, homemade lollipops, lemon pie, citrus fruits, vanilla.
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Tar, acid, slightly woody, smoke from extinct ash.
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GJR scored this whisky 84 points
Sander79 scored this whisky 85 points
Koning scored this whisky 86 points
A nice suprise to me, I enjoyed it's refined mild and somewhat flowery peat.-
Mild and flowery peat. Subtle fruits (pear) and vanilla. A unique soft peaty profile I never encountered before!
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Slightly more peat with a creamy mouth feel. Citrus fruits vanilla, espresso, sweet flowers and a mineral/briny edge.
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Mild peat, with citrus fruits, vanilla and green olives. Just that, nice but no further development.
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The_Osprey scored this whisky 82 points
Arran Machrie Moor peated cask strength second edition 58.2%. Very pale. Aroma is spiritous and muted, slight dried banana chips and seared apple. A bit like some home-oaked spirits I've nosed. Taste is assertive, boozy, spiritous, the flavours are a bit too concentrated and it's coming across a bit hot and dense I'd say. Floral linger. Lacking complexity as a result of the strength but perfectly nice. (Score: 75) With water there's a plasticky note in aroma and taste becomes a little more biscuity. Opens up a lot more complexity. The peat is soft and lingering. The middle is juicy with faint tropical fruits. This one really took water well. (Score: 82)Ostap scored this whisky 87 points
Despite some severity, I liked whisky.-
Salty, rye bread, malt and peat in smoked cut, slaked lime, waxed smoked wood, cold brazier meat (smoked duck meat, fish), sour berry sweetness, cherries, candied marmalade and candied fruits, vigilant minerality, sea with seaweed, bread crumbs, creamy toffee. Strict aroma.
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Oily, strong, pepper, noticeably smoked, smoky, mineral, with marmalade.
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Warms, knits, oak, rolls in waves, long, smoked, malt, as if after fish or lard, a feeling in the mouth, raisins, melon, pinches.
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Wolf68 scored this whisky 84 points
Robinzon25 scored this whisky 84 points
Delicious, cheeky, smoky young malt. He drinks well at his fortress.-
Perfumery and floral, with plant (needles, foliage) and sea (iodine, salt, algae) notes, with a small content of coal and pepper.
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Slightly harsh, sweet-smoked, in addition slightly salty, peppery and oaky.
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Medium duration, buttery, with hints of salt, pepper, iodine and smoked fish.
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P.K.S scored this whisky 87 points
Love arran, it impresses stil with NAS, but even if its 3yr the youngest i like to now it, so i Will take a point fore that. Previus i had 2 diffrent 12yr,14yr 18yr,21yr reely like the bottle and the simpel corck! =) this is not annything i had previusly and i like it! This one is 100% ex-American bourbon-
Riped Sweet pear,riped sweet aple,honney,minerals peat like smoke from a fire(only a lot weaker and reely sweet and soft) cant notise the 58% on the nose.
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Riped sweet pear and aple,honney,chilli,oak and amazing oak spisyness in the end and a amazing soft and sweet
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Riped pear and Apple comming back with the oak spisyness and some honney, soft peat mixed with honney in the finnish amazing stuff! Long finnish!
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lucero scored this whisky 83 points
Dwaynethebarber scored this whisky 84 points
Dwaynethebarber scored this whisky 84 points
dramidaris scored this whisky 85 points
Alexandr_Zhurov did not rate this whisky
Not typical peat whisky, not like Ailovsky profile, absolutely not an amateur.-
Some kind of oil, dry, not powerful, earthy, soot, soot, very mineral, there is no sensation of smoke like from a fire, maybe coals, there is fruit sweetness, iodine.
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Smoky, burning, sweet, a little sea, iodine, there is the influence of a barrel, some kind of ointment finol,
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Simple sweetish but long lasting.
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Andytka3 scored this whisky 84 points
N- Walnut oil, oyster, toffee and honeycomb cake breeze thru. Fresh cut grass, earthy peat with sweet pandan crème brûlée and berries. Surprisingly light on nose despite the hefty strength. Get even coast-ier, seaweed, salted herbs, shellfish and clove-y. (88/22)
P- Sweet on tip, plenty of smokes rises from the back. Vanilla biscuit, cedar cigar box, sooty, grassy and liquorice with brunt salt. Hint of caol ila. (87/21)
F- Medium-long, smooth, clean and dry with liquorice. Not pushing the boundary hard enough. (86/20)
B/B- 87/21. Feel rounder than First Edition, which lost a bit of fun and appeared 'generic'.
Cr- 2, Fr- 2, Fl- 1, Pt- 2, Ft- 1, Sp- 0, Wd-1, Wn-1, Sc-2
Weighted Rate- 84pt
— at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.-
N- Walnut oil, oyster, toffee and honeycomb cake breeze thru. Fresh cut grass, earthy peat with sweet pandan crème brûlée and berries. Surprisingly light on nose despite the hefty strength. Get even coast-ier, seaweed, salted herbs, shellfish and clove-y. (88/22)
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P- Sweet on tip, plenty of smokes rises from the back. Vanilla biscuit, cedar cigar box, sooty, grassy and liquorice with brunt salt. Hint of caol ila. (87/21)
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F- Medium-long, smooth, clean and dry with liquorice. Not pushing the boundary hard enough. (86/20)
B/B- 87/21. Feel rounder than First Edition, which lost a bit of fun and appeared 'generic'.
Cr- 2, Fr- 2, Fl- 1, Pt- 2, Ft- 1, Sp- 0, Wd-1, Wn-1, Sc-2
Weighted Rate- 84pt
— at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.
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rolabob scored this whisky 85 points
Whiskywobbler scored this whisky 85 points
I decent peated whisky, although it does miss some distinct character to make it stand apart from let’s say, lightly peated whisky from Islay. The Arran character is there, but it is almost pushed away by the bourbon cask influence. What’s left is good, but not great (yet). Remains interesting, though.-
Initially, soft peat come forward that is backed up by Arran’s usual fruitiness with fresh apples and pears. A few drops of citrus fruits, and a light coastal influence with some sea spray and wet moss, are also there. All very well balanced and very friendly. Raspberry sweets, no make that strawberry, lemon skin, and a few drops of orange juice. A drop of water brings out more barley sugar, ripe apples, a few raisins, cinnamon, and a more mineral side. The citrus fruits remind me somewhat of Caol Ila, which is surely not a bad thing I would say.
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The palate is less fruity at first and contain more peat, moss, leaves, and stables (no idea how you could taste that, though). Almost a lighter and younger apprentice of Lagavulin. Almost instantly, the bourbon cask influence comes forward. Oranges, lemons, lime, and vanilla, with fresh apple compote, the latter a touch of Arran. Water subdues the peat and brings out more sweetness. Also there are some vanilla sugar, baker’s cream, and salty crisps. It is quite fresh.
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The finish is fairly long with more vegetal peat, salt and lemons. I would say this is quite good.
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Calmar scored this whisky 85 points
Quite like a peaty mole, dense, saturated, plastic notes a little spoil the picture, and in general I do not understand the peat Arran, an absolutely artificial and senseless whisky.-
Restrained, dry, the first nose - prela folia, peat; smoke, burnt boards, smoked products, carpentry shop, thinner, leather goods, weak flower-fruit notes.
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Powerful, rich, peat, ash, mineral-metallic notes, grain, lemon peel, plastic, rubber, ginger, sweet confectionery shades.
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Spicy, warming, peat, coal, ginger, oak, light herbal notes, tablet bitterness.
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larswehmeier scored this whisky 83 points
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A clear plume of smoke hangs over the dram. Behind it shows a clear sugary sweetness. It tingles in the nose due to the higher alcohol content. The dram gets fresher and floral over time.
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Strong start. Pleasant smoke. Light fruitiness. Citrus freshness.
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Medium long and warming with some oak.
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Dre73 scored this whisky 85 points
Dre73 scored this whisky 85 points
Solid, not too heavy peat.-
Slightly peat, strong alcohol, ash. Also fruity, citrus, banana. Sweet, sweet, vanilla.
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Stinging, peppery. Licorice. Full, some peat, smoke. Honey too.
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Pepper, licorice, peat, smoke, sweet. Sturdy. Reasonably long
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robain scored this whisky 85 points
MadScientist scored this whisky 87 points
ctu scored this whisky 85 points
Quite sweet malt with moderate peat and smoke.-
Sweet peat, sour citruses, banana and fig,
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Solid peat and smoke, punch and banana
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Long with orange
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mer1973 scored this whisky 87 points
C.H.M. scored this whisky 82 points
That's a rough fellow. Wild, strong, natural. But also a bit one-sided.karloff scored this whisky 85 points
I poured myself a glass of this late at night when the log fire was starting to burn down and it accompanied it well. A great night cap and because it was cask strength , I would sleep well.karloff scored this whisky 85 points
I enjoyed this neat for nearly most of the bottle. If you want a good solid straight down the line smoky whisky that hits the spot , I would recommend this one.-
Neat , this is quite earthy, add a little , and I mean a little bit of water and you get fresh toasted crumpets with loads of butter, some pear and for some reason talcum powder. For a cask strength whisky , the peat and smoke isn't that strong.
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Full bodied, the peat and smoke is very well balanced and dominate the taste buds leaving a thick coating, the high strength certainly brings it home, I tried it with a little water and it loses it's punch. There is some lemon zest in there but very little. This isn't a complex whisky but that is fine.
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The finish is nice and long with a tinge of orange. Hours after it still lingers on the taste buds.
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Daan Tje scored this whisky 86 points
emptycask scored this whisky 82 points
martinni scored this whisky 81 points
Glenladdie scored this whisky 87 points
Marko_I did not rate this whisky
Hm. Not bad, but somehow I'm disappointed too. The "outside hui" made me expect more. Or something else, more concrete, somehow seems "confused". With an Ileach CS or Classic of Islay I would probably be happier for less money. (But nice on the shelf isser.)-
dry, dusty, old, has something of old upholstery, Uromas kitchen cabinets, soil ... in between, but also young, fruity "splashes", lemon, pineapple, freshly cut grass
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surprisingly sweet (compared to the smell), malt, butter biscuits ... even a little bit of pumpernickel ... plus some lime bitterness, salt, hay, quite wild the whole thing
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medium, smoke, salt, liquorice
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KayMeertens scored this whisky 84 points
Much sweeter than the first cask strength batch, less natural. This is more like the general Machrie Moors but then on higher strength.-
Fig, apple, peach and peat. Later toffee and banana.
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Toffee, fig, apple, peat, malt and banana. Addition of water makes this profile less pleasant, it really needs the punch.
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Toffee, apple, orange, banana and peach.
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Achany scored this whisky 85 points
AH Whiskyvitrine scored this whisky 88 points
mullos scored this whisky 87 points
FernetBranco scored this whisky 82 points
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