Ardbeg Scorch (2021 Committee Release)

Nose: caramel, apples, charcoal, tar, lime leaf, vanilla sugar, mild dark chocolate, Taste: strong char and peat with a lingering sweet and sour flavor. Some of the malt flavor is peeking through throughout. Strong fruit and sweet caramel / honey finish.

Nose: Unmistakably Ardbeg - peat, smoke, brine. Meaty - smoked black pepper bacon. Brown sugar and vanilla, char and barrel smoke. Lemon. Wintergreen. Strawberries and bananas. Chocolate, leather - anique leather furniture. Cardamom, cumin, cilantro. Charred green bell pepper. Nutmeg and anise. Not super dark and deep, but a solid amount of density and complexity going on here. Palate: Ash, smoke, peat. Black pepper, nutmeg, anise, wintergreen. Brown sugar, vanilla. Oak and char - like you find in bourbon. Good tannin. Dill, thyme, mint, orange. Clove. Bitter chocolate, leather, and tobacco. Midrange and mid-palate focused. Mediumn mothfeel. Finish: A splash of citrus oil ethanol-y goodness. Black pepper and charred oak slide into place. Campfire and ash, s'mores. Cigar tobacco, leather. Wintergreen, sugar, and bitterness linger for a good while, with really appealing oil content. Long length that cotinues to evolve. Other notes: A novel Ardbeg, and one that delivers on what it sets out to do. An enjoyable experiment, this adds a little bit of bourbon flair to your classic Ardbeg character. If you find yourself rolling your eyes at Ardbeg's special releases, I mighht skip this one since it colors outside of the lines. However, if you enjoy Ardbeg's propensity for exploring maturation options, this would be an easy suggestion. I might even try to get my hands on another bottle. Cheers!

metallic, oaky, creamy meaty, high pep, 2.5 bitterness, oaky, iodine, medicinal, salty 2.25 oaky peaty 2.5 2.25 creamy, vanilla, oak, mid-hi pep, iodine, salty, meaty, 2.75 vanilla, creamy, lighter than the taste suggests, woody, oaky, easy and light to drink. While it is relatively delicate drink, but you still get a nice mellow balanced, however for the delicateness I would generally mark it down since i prefer the harder hitting complexity... bitterness, 2.25 mid sustained meaty peatiness 2.5 2.5

Nice Islay whisky but way overpriced if this was $10 more than Correyvecken maybe I'd be able me OK. Nose BBQ smoke, brine, young malt whisky Taste Sweet BBQ sauce, smoked ham Finish smoke, sweet, tart sourness of young malt whisky

Scoring hot Nose: Smoke, Pork Ribs, Vanilla, Oranges, Iodine, Cherries, Peaches, Pears, Eucyptalus, Kiwis, Green Apples Palate: Vanilla, Oranges, Honey, Pears, Smoke, Pork Ribs, Papayas, Kiwis, Brown Butter, Banana Bread, Walnuts, Caramel Finish: Vanilla, Oranges, Peaches, Salted Cod, Nectarines, Seaweed