Code
Distillery
Highland Park
Name
You Only Live Once
Producer
SMWS
Region
Highland
Age
11 years
ABV
65.7%
Bottler Type
Independent
Category
Scotch
Flavor Profile
Lightly Peated
The whisky presents an enticing aroma of grilled scampi with smoky shells, burnt lime, roasted garlic, and smoky lime mayonnaise. After reduction, toasted coconut and caramelised shallots emerge on the nose.
The palate delivers savoury notes reminiscent of bacalhau à Brás—salted cod, eggs, pan-fried potatoes, and black olives—followed by sweet smoked salmon jerky with a hint of Szechuan pepper and a nutty sweetness.
The finish is characterised by lingering sweet and nutty qualities with subtle smoky undertones that complement the savoury and spiced elements encountered on the palate.
The enticing aroma of scampi grilled in their shells, giving them a slightly smoky scent, with burnt lime, roasted garlic and smoky lime mayonnaise made us all feel hungry. No surprise then that we got food on the palate in the form of the famous Portuguese dish "bacalhau à Brás" salted cod, eggs, pan-fried potatoes and black olives. Following reduction, toasted coconut and caramelised shallots met on the nose, while the taste reminded us of sweet smoked salmon jerky with a hint of Szechuan pepper. One Panellist summarised the experience with the comment "sweet as a nut". At five years of age, we combined selected hogsheads from the same distillery into a variety of different casks to develop further. This is one of those casks.