Third time coming back around to this in a year. This one always surprises me with the simple yet well made base expression. Smoke up front, followed by black pepper, light lemon citrus and light honey/malty sweetness. My only old complaint was that this was too peppery. Recently I started purposely adding extra black pepper to my food. Now I appreciate the tingle of pepper in this whiskey. It’s much better than I remembered (and it was good then), and for the price it’s, in my opinion, the best bang for your buck scotch for those who prefer peated whiskies.