Ardbeg Corryvreckan

ARDBEG CORRY 3RD TRY ROASTED BEEF STEAK, HIGH PEPPERY, CREAMY, SWEETNESS RAISIN BAKED, SMOKEY 3 SOOTY, SMOKEY, BITTER, IODINE 1.25 FINISH SUSTAINED OAKY 2 2 ardbeg corry 57% Doing this alongside with Corryve & An OA Roasted meat, mid pepper, complexity in the nosing, bbq pork 3 Dense nutty, meat bbq, hits at the back with iodine bitterness, second sip and you get a dense chocolate cocoa flavour 3 Long sustained deep chocolate, oaky, smoke 2 2.5 Nosing: fiery hot distinctive of high alc content 57%, burnt raisin and little vanilla perfume Flavour: fiery hot burnt front and back that wakes you better than coffee, herbal, iodine, saltiness Finish: peatiness is relatively light, but scorching hot ending Overall burning sensation is evident

Peat complimented with sweet

Nose: Rich, dense, and complex, but balanced - peat, campfire smoke and ash, vanilla shortcake, and a touch of oak. Wintergreen, blood oranges, fig newtons, and a touch of brine. Limes. Smoked ham with a blackberry glaze. Caramelized sugar. Rubber and rope. The smell of a fresh cut lawn in the spring, complete with the fumes coming off your lawnmower. Palate: Peat - earth, moss, wet tree bark, tar, campfire ash. Strawberries, bananas, mint. Black pepper. Lemon and lime oils. Stone fruits. Molasses. Dried thyme and basil. Dill, star anise. Wintergreen comes up again. Brine. Meaty. Alcohol is prickly - definitely makes its presence known though it doesn't detract from the experience. Finish begins with a low key brine, mint, peat, ash combo. Things slowly build and bitter tannins show up, presenting as coffee and high cacao chocolate - that mint note carries through. Things slowly fade into ethanol, wintergreen, vanilla, and a medicinal brine note. Menthol, as well - I'm reminded of the Chloraseptic sore throat spray I used as a kid whenever I had strep throat (which was often). Other notes: I always forget just how good this bottle is. Full of classic Ardbeg character, Corryvreckan shows what's possible when you get into high proof territory. As this opens up, there are some added layers that are really appealing. This stands up exceptionally well to cigars - definitely reach for your more full-bodied maduros.

Nose: peat fire, vegetation, earthy, briny, medicinal, seaside air, hints of vanilla, smoked ham or bacon. Campfire, forest and sweat like at Boy Scout Camp Palate: salty, briny, black pepper saltine crackers, like inhaling peat smoke or eating turf, dry, oily and viscous, medicinal, ashy Finish: firey and long