Ardbeg Corryvreckan

Balanced peat, white pepper, anise, and cooked meat. A touch of coffee, dark fruit (mostly cherry), and brine. A warm driftwood nighttime fire on the beach. Everything great about Ardbeg 10 Year taken up a few notches. This scotch coats your mouth to make its statement and then hangs around for a while to make sure you understood. Big, bold, intense, and an instant favorite. Not just a welcome sight on the shelf but an honored guest.

Peaty with a end of fruits in the nose. Fucking love it

Nose: Tame for an Ardbeg, it’s not slapping me in the face like the Ardbeg 10. Molasses, medical, citrus, vanilla, and wood. Taste: It hits like a punch, but lands like a butterfly. It’s not for the faint of heart and why it should be? This demands to be heard. This is what I think Sartre would have drank. Strong dark fruit, peaty but not overpowering, heat, pepper, toffee, and coffee. Finish: a little underwhelming at first, but then builds. Spice and heat. Dry, long, and ashy

A lot going on here. All good but intense.