Tastes

Hot and rye spice. Better nose and palate with water but not impressed with this BTAC.

Not one I’d reach for often but wow love the uniqueness and creativity. Innovative idea and executed well - the hops come through.

Sophisticated, professional, and refined. Not blown away by the overall experience, but highly impressed by the level of expertise that shines through in this. Nose, palate, and finish are clearly identifiable and no blurriness in execution.

Lovely. Malty, cereal and non-overly sweet on the palate initially to really highlight the wonderful barley. Then the spicy, hot, rye finish. Fun.

Nose is charred new oak, sherry, berries, and plum. Palate is okay for a single malt. Sherry and cereal which is surprising from a JD label. Not a huge fan but good first effort on an ASM for them.

Alcohol filled nose, very nice palate, wet cardboardy and nail polishy finish. Okay, maybe will get better as the bottle sits since this was a neck pour.

Just wonderful. Peaty, smoky, not yet ripe green fruits. Like orchard fruit in July. Too early to eat but really enticing :). Anjou pears, green apples, Asian pears - delicious. Palate is peat, spice, and fruity sweetness. Finish is lingering campfire smoke and slightly bitter sweetness. Huge fan. Right up my alley. Gonna get my hands on more compass box. The end all be all is not single malt.

Chemically, high pitched peat, and ground after rain on the nose. Some smokeiness as well. More vegetal, earthy, peat smoke than the other bbq style smoke from other ardbegs on the palate. Intense ashtray smoke and peat on the finish. Overall, fairly sanitized tasting like a hospital. Funky and unique.

Barn floor, moldy, smoky, dark fruits. Like a barn full of dark fruits burnt to the ground and was left to the elements for awhile on the nose. The palate is super different, and sherry forward. Finish is funky and astringent.