Old Ballantruan The 'Peated Malt'

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My prior review was too generous. Having tried several cambeltown, highland and additional islay peated single malts, i can say this is poorly made. Spicy, prickly peat with the flavor of matchsticks and rubber. Washed out fruit notes. This distillery is terrible

Definitely get every bit of the alcohol in this … and bitterness in the finish.

Its ok. Has that highland campfire variety of peat reminiscent of ballechin 10 standard with some orchard fruits to boot. Better thsn tomintoul 16 for sure from same distillery. Inferior to the islay peated malts and ledaig. I would be interested in trying an older age stated expression of ballantruan though.

bular macam/sweet red bean paste, sweet, strong peppery, oaky, 2 medicinal, dry, iodine, strong and hit, cherry, strong and complexity, oily, 2 oaky and dry 2 2 beautiful complexity, meaty, balanced, smokey, red fruits, mroe intensity on peppery and spicy nosing as you begin to take deeper and longer whiffs, delicate sweetness 3.25 unfortunate lightness and delicate on the first mouth, take a second sip and let it engulf your senses - you begin to detect heavier cherry notes, smoke and peat, pepper on the front and upper part of your nose, peppery and spicy burn probably a result of the high ABV to this bottling, grainy and dryness, rawness masculinity and bitterness 2 long smooth sustaining of peat, but hint of bitterness sticks, 2