Ardbeg 10 Year

Lots of smoke and peat up front on the nose. Chocolate, cinnamon, and salt on the tongue. Lots of cinnamon and salt on the last sip.

Careful with this one. White wine in color, as it is not chill-filtered or colored. Very heavily smoky nose, which becomes even heavier on the palate. There is a good bit of flavor coming on after a few seconds on the tongue and mouth, and this whisky has a great deal of body. I bought this to try a peated Scotch after falling for the Connemara cask strength - this is a whole different animal. To take that analogy further, if the Connemara is a sedate and sweet (and I mean sweet, as that is the main differentiation between the Connemara and the Ardbeg in my mind) hound, this is a mean and nasty Rottweiler with a bad temper. A lot going on, but not for the faint of heart.