Ardbeg Corryvreckan

Incredibly peppery but with a rich finish. Not my favorite but certainly worth trying

Hot fruit, smoke, peat, herbal, caramel, iodine, cut grass, oak, and some hay.

Golden honey color. The nose has notes of smoked meat, ocean spray, turpentine, dried sea weed and wet earth, with a hint of honey. The mouthfeel is hot and heavy. The palate has oven roasted bacon, sea salt, freshly laid asphalt, deep fried turkey skin, faint bandaids, and a light honey sweetness, with faint cocoa powder and dark cherries. The finish is long, hot, and smokey, with notes of brisket, campfire, oak char, and a very faint note of cherry cola. This is excellent and makes me hungry.

Super smooth smoke and peat, multiple flavor punches in this and looong finish. Delicious.

Lagavulin 16, Laphroaig 10, Talisker 10, Ardbeg Uigadail, and now Ardbeg Corryvreckan (in no specific order)... My Top 5 is now clearer than ever. For someone that was seriously disappointed with Ardbeg 10, don't give up on them. Their next level is incredible.

An Islay, through and through. Nose is smoke with a touch of fruit on the end with a bit of sea salt. The taste is more of the great smoke/peat with lots of pepper. It's got a great, deep earthy taste to go along with those nose as well. Above all, this is an intensely flavored Scotch and I don't think it's something all would like. But for fans of big, full, peaty Scotches, this would be hard to beat. At 57% abv, it's got some bite in the finish but honestly, it's not too bad, owing to how well this Scotch is balanced. I'm not one to usually add water but this one can take it and opens up more of the pepper and sea salt. Overall, a big, bold examplar of Islay Scotch.