Mars Komagatake IPA Cask Finish 2021

Mars Komagatake IPA Cask Finish 2021

Official bottling
Single malt - East Honshu
Sunshine yellow
52% ABV
Dram

Nose: Dried pears, persimmons, honeysuckle, peaches, white grapes, aluminium foil, matches, sapodilla. With water, hoppy beer, cough syrup, honeysuckle, sapodilla. 
Mouthfeel: Heavy body, syrupy, thick, tingly. 
Tasting:  Sweet sour. Malted grains, matches, aluminium foil, persimmons, dried pears, fresh baked bread, white grapes. With water, honeysuckle, hoppy beer, malted grains, persimmons. 
Finish: Long. Sapodilla, white grapes, fresh baked bread, persimmons. 

Comments: 

Wow - refill bourbon cask aged malt, already richly fruity and malty, finished in a beer cask. It’s stunning. Honeyed and luscious, the fruit notes sit over malt and spicy little sulphurous pinpricks. Delicious.

Verdict:

I like this a lot.