Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2011

An adventure. I can taste the salty, smoky, dense, soil that the barley was grown in even though the scotch itself is not peated. I get black pepper along with white-fleshed fruit like peach and apricot, and it's slightly buttery, giving off a peaches and cream vibe. It is certainly young; it still has some jagged edges that are rounded off in more mature whiskeys. Not necessarily a bad thing. It has more richness than the Pulteney, although I think these two whiskeys are spiritually connected.

Unpeated but lots of iodine.