Tastes

I mainly taste peat smoke. Not picking up the notes of fruit or sweetness. Very good but very peat smoke forward.

Very strong peat on the nose. The peat does mellow out a bit after your nose gets used to it. Strong peat taste and very bitter at first taste. The bitterness lingers long after swallowed. It also masks any other flavor other than the peat. I added a bit of water to see if that helped, still bitter. Added ice and it did make it more palatable but still very bitter. Some people might like this if they like bitter like IPAs but just too bitter for me.

Smells great on the nose. Sweet smell with a hint of beer which I assume is the porter barrels. Very sweet at the first taste, gives ways to noticable berries and pear. Just a hint of woody oak at the end. Overall, great Irish whisky.

On the nose, hits with a strong peat smell with a hint of sweetness. Upon tasting I get the peat which immediately turns into the oak smoke. When the initial alcohol burns fades the oak mellows out into a very nice oak/peat flavor that lingers just long enough on the tongue before your next sip. Overall, very impressed with my first Japanese whisky.

The immediate scent is that of peat. Strong peat smell. The peat lasts through the first taste. Some what disappointed as I am not a scotch fine and this is really reminiscent of a weak scotch.

At first sniff, all I could smell was alcohol. After first taste, the smelling note became deeper and richer. Mildly chocolate. Immediate taste is that of fruit, sweet fruit. Ends on the same sweet note.

Smells delicious, as if it's hiding a sweetness. First taste you get a hit of a familiar sweetness, a vanilla note. Finishes smooth.

Finishes sweet. Strong bite at the start

Sweet finish

Sweet and smoky. Less burn then I would have anticipated.