Color: Wet hay Nose: Classic brine. Ocean spray over tidal pools. Pickled peppers on the beach. Palate: Cracked pepper and ripe vanilla extract. Ashes from a doused campfire sprinkled with sea salt. Muted sweetness up front with smoky and savory notes on the back. Finish: Salt and pepper! Not much wood, just peated malt character. Diluted: More smoke on the nose, but an acrid, tingy smoke. Palate is smoother and less prickly, with a little honey and some of that same classic smoke (though only some). Same with the finish -- sweeter and gentler.