Living Souls Ninety-Nine & One - 6cl sample

6cl sample

Ninety-Nine & One  "mostly" heavily peated - 46,3% vol - 70cl
bottled: 2025, 06-03-25

this is a blended scotch that came about due to a happy accident where a hint of grain met a heavily peated island malt. 

From what I have heard this is 18y old Ledaig that was filled into a truck which was not emptied completely and had some 3y old grain whisky still sitting in it. Because of that it is no longer single malt and has to be called blended whisky. 99% of this whisky is Ledaig 18y old, you will not notice the 1% grain.

scores:
whiskybase – 87/395  wb271613

serge valentin / Whiskyfun:

Blended Scotch Whisky ‘Ninety-Nine & One’ (46.3%, Living Souls, ‘Mostly Heavily Peated’, bourbon & sherry, 2024)
1991 — that does feel very Laphroaig, doesn’t it? Colour: full gold. Nose: fresh tar, tarmac, smoked hams and sausages, garden herbs, parsley, a hint of chicken broth… All wonderfully dry. Mouth: much more punch on the palate, with smoked oranges, mussels in white wine, honey biscuits, grapefruit liqueur… The salty side, courtesy of the mussels, is absolutely lovely. Finish: long and fresh, superbly coastal. Comments: should be tasted aboard a boat, seriously, to heighten the mood. This charming wee fellow wins you over in moments. As for the grain, if there is any, it’s purely incidental.
SGP:655 - 89 points.