N: Lovely, fragrant, perfume-y, earthy smoke. Lemon, peach, pear. Caramel cream and vanilla frosting. Hay bales with a slight farm-like funk. Slightly charred oak. This gets less smoky as it sits in the glass - it becomes more fruity and more Speyside-y. Not a bad thing. P: Sweet, smoked pear with a caramel and chocolate that's infused with orange citrus. Baking spice on top of a sweet vegetable note. Bitter roasted oak with a something like a barrel aged coffee funk. Finish is like licking a burning piece of firewood - lots of heat, wood, and smoke. I love it. Definitely some caramel, toffee, and cinnamon dusted chocolate lingering after the heat dies down. This is fun. It's a bit unpolished, but I think that's the point. It's raw power in the smoke, but plenty of balance coming from the fruit and malt notes. It feels young, but in an exuberant sort of way, not a green and harsh way. I like it. I would do it again. _____ A few regular Distiller reviewers are chatting in real time on a new unofficial Distiller Community Discord server. Please join the conversation: https://discord.gg/fzhzwHHX. (Link is good for 7 days - please comment if it's expired when you try it.)