Ardbeg Wee Beastie

This isn’t going to replace the Laphroaig 10 that stays in our cabinet, but it is nice to know that there is an affordable single malt peated whisky that replicates a lot of the smoky peaty flavors that I love about Laphroaig.

Smokey, smooth, meat. Bit of wood at the front

sweet and smoky

Nose: Smokey and sweet. There's almost a salty, cured meat scent. Needless to say, the nose is fantastic. Palate: The smoke is surprisingly mild on first taste. The proof punches you at first taste, then fades. Very few other notes than smoke and booze. Finish: Some smoke comes back on the end, especially after the alcohol punch goes away. There's some black pepper and a strange almost melon like sweet note. Nothing that detracts from the experience. Overall, this was not at all what I expected. There's some major alcohol punch at the beginning (the beastie, perhaps?) and then not a ton of smoke. The notes on the end are very pleasant. Overall, for someone who doesn't often like Islays, this is a very pleasant whiskey. Reasonably priced as well.

Ill be straight up honest with you. I am not a peat person. But when you use this as a modifier it can totally change a drink. Its amazing. I find alot of mixed scotch drinks entirely too sweet using monkey shoulder or other blended. This can fix that i a couple bar spoons