Talisker Storm

I'm very pleasantly surprised. I recently discovered lagavulin 16, and have been trying everything I can to find something similar that doesn't cost $90 a bottle. This talisker storm is the closest I've found to the balance of sweetness, meatiness, smoke, and drinkability of lagavulin 16. This has quite a bit more spice than the laga which is supple in every regard. I don't mind the dry spicy finish one bit though. At almost half the price I can't argue with it and am super blown away.

Taste: Fairly mild peatiness up front. It follows up with some vanilla and wet cardboard. It finishes fairly spicy yet dry. Smell: Up front there is a faint peatiness and green apple along with honey. Look: Deep golden

Peaty

This distillery is unimpressive and this is the worst of their expressions that i’ve tried. The bland peat notes characteristic of talisker are overpowered by rye-like spice in the finish. Just terrible.