Thanks to the newest member of our trading team, Jason, I got to sample this one tonight. We're in round 3 of knocking off every active Scottish distillery, with maybe a few more rounds to go. This one is really perplexing. I don't dislike it, but not sure I like it either. It's like Bruichladdich was experimenting, and decided to put this out as "what the heck, it might just work". Have you ever had durian fruit? It's this big aromatic fruit from SE Asia. It's sold at the all the fruit carts in Kuala Lumpur. When it's opened up, it smells like gym socks. But everyone around you is eating it and loving it. So...is it good? Is it just you not liking it, when clearly everyone else is? and when you finally have it, it's a strange one, where you just don't know if you like it. That's what this reminded me of. Having durian in Kuala Lumpur. Ok...so the best part is the nose. ( clearly unlike the durian). Lemon and peat. Clean. Crisp. Then the palette carries through that lemon crisp, with a STRONG peat backbone. But I think I just realized something. Just because it has 169 ppm doesn't mean it's any more depth in peatiness than an Ardbeg or Lag. Ppm is indicative, but not the only metric. So it's at the finish this has its WTF moment. It's strange. Not bad strange, or good strange. Just strange. Like durian. I have no idea what to make if it. Thanks Jason for the experience...and taking me back to my college years backpacking through SE Asia and having durian.