William Hinton Peated Whisky Single Cask Finish
Sip this neat and it's basically peated Scotch wearing a rum label: smoked bacon, heavy peat and campfire smoke up front, with faint vanilla underneath. A cane-juice agricole from Madeira aged five years, but the whisky-cask finish runs the whole show. Most tasters find it more curiosity than pleasure — one called it weird and original, another used ginger ale to wash it away.
The community says- Genuinely original
- Barely tastes like rum
- Dominant peat
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How does William Hinton Peated Whisky Single Cask Finish taste?
Aggregated from 22 community reviews.
Heavy peat, drinks more like whisky Divisive. Peat and smoke dominate to the point it drinks more like whisky than rum. Peated-Scotch lovers may click with it; most rum drinkers found it a strange, one-off pour.
Peated-whisky fans curious about rum
Anyone who wants a classic rum or dislikes peat
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How is William Hinton Peated Whisky Single Cask Finish rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 4.5 sits in the “Drinkable” band. 13% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 63% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
23% rate it between 6 and 8. 8 selected write-ups from 22 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Stefan Persson
This Agricole from Madeira is especially produced for the 1423 Calendar 2021. Overall an very interesting Agricole, maybe with too much whisky taste. I believe I must explore more rums from William Hinton.
Review by rum_sk
Wow, I reviewed today supposedly peaty plantation stiggins fancy after teeling whiskey. It is not. No smoke no peat. This one you sense the smoked bacon right away. And when you taste it boy it is weird. Peat all around. I never had something like that and this is exactly ehat I was expecting when someone says peated finish. Now I am bot saying it is great but it is very very different and original but I cant imagine my self drinking more than one 2cl sample.
Review by DJ Wolfson
I’m not a whiskey fan, but I imagine this would be a nice stepping stone into rum if you are one. Personally, this is not something I’d enjoy.
Review by Skyfly
Ohne es zu wissen hatte es auch ein im Rumfass gereifter Whisky sein können. Torf und Rauch domieten hier alles. Wenn man genau aufpasst kann man noch leichte Noten von Vanille erkennen. Interessantes Getränk, aber nicht mein Fall - man muss nicht immer versuchen alles zu kreuzen
Review by Godspeed
I don’t get this one. It’s a rum that seems made for people who don’t like rums and wishes that this was a peated whiskey. So just drink a peated whiskey instead. Other than as a really niche use in cocktails to reach some specialized flavor I don’t think this attempt at pushing whiskey flavors into rum is a success. Maybe they just got a good deal on the barrels?
Review by Rado Vito
I have to admit, I don´t like scotch whisky and that´s why my rating is so low. Nose is very smoky with mint and chocolate. Taste is smooth before the whisky cask element occur - smoke, peat. For lovers of peat whisky it is must have!
Review by Rumpalumpa
Uff, Rum mit getorftem Whisky gekreuzt. Noch nie gesehen sowas und wohl auch mit Grund. Ich persönlich bin kein Fan von stark getorftem Whisky und dieser Rum hat mehr als nur eine leichte Note davon. Nicht für mich.
Review by Necron
Not an impressive rum. Closer to a whiskey than an actual rum. I cannot muster much on this one as it just left a bad taste which i quickly removed with ginger ale. I would not recommend this rum to anyone. It is an unpleasant experience.
Details about William Hinton Peated Whisky Single Cask Finish
A Column Still Rum from Madeira, distilled by William Hinton, at 40%.
About the William Hinton distillery
The William Hinton distillery is located in Madeira. Rums from William Hinton have been reviewed 421 times with an average of 6.5/10.
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