Glenglassaugh Torfa

Sweet and peat

Sweet, a little herbal, and smoky. Not quite bonfire, not quite seaweed smoke either. It’s medium on both. A tad hot, add a drop of water, it improves it. One review said pepper on the palate, it’s there. The finish is smoke, an almost candy sweetness, then smoke again, a tad bitter and then it’s gone after 30 seconds or so. Definitely worth trying if your easing into smoke or peat.

Mild, smooth, very light peat smoke

Has almost a coastal nose with plenty of smoke. It has sort of a smokey meat scent. This is quite peaty - it has a sweet middle, butterscotch and barley malt, and a smokey hot finish. I definitely get malted barley on the tongue early and late, but it kinda fades with the smoke in the middle. Salt and pepper, pepper, pepper, and more pepper. Tingly pepper, it actually reminds me of tingly sensation caused by szechuan peppercorns. It does have a beef jerky flavor. The balance of the whole package is not quite there, but I like this whiskey. It's an enjoyable drink and this would be a great pair for smokey barbecue.

Peat and grain on nose. Some spice and peat and vanilla on palate. Smooth sweet finish.

Very nice. Tastes like a cloud of smoke surrounding lighter, sweeter flavors.

Very nice dram Clear, a little but smoky and sweet Well balanced

Torfa is apparently the Old Norse for turf. Bit of hard work there for the etymologists. This is Glenglassaugh's first foray (since its reopening I guess) into a peated malt and at 20ppm it is on the lighter end of the bog band. That might give the impression that it is a little restrained or muted. Not so. It is a sprightly young NAS, matured solely in ex-bourbon barrels and, with 50% abv, it delivers a nice kick. The nose is of light, sweet peat smoke mingled with citrus; a youngish waft but not an off-putting ethanol or acetone smell. Just an airy manner of freshness and youth. The taste delivers a pepper smack and a playful alcohol jab initially. Enough to widen the eyes and waken the senses. A sweet orange develops with supporting salty, oaky notes. The peat smoke is most prominent at the finish and it is fairly strong - probably another indicator of its youth. The lingering finish is a salty, sweet peat that is mmm-mm-mmm. That's the way to do it. In your face Ledaig 10!