Incredibly heavy peat, just the way I like it! The nose is salty and briny, but also sweet and buttery. On the palette, easily one of the smokiest whiskeys this legendary distillery has ever released. Way more smoke than on the nose. But that smoke is packaged in a delicious set of flavors. Burnt rubber smoke and heavy charred oak jump out at the front, but give way to a gentle vanilla sweetness and a salty finish that you got to preview on the nose. This full-circle quality gives it so much character. Definitely not for the faint-of-heart or fair-weather peat fans. It’s big-league smoke, but it’s also damn delicious.