This smoky, NAS Bunnahabhain was sent to me as an extra pour from Jason, the newest member of our distillery tasting team. It’s part of the Bunnahabhain Unable For Americans To Pronounce series. Toiteach (pronounced toch-tach) translates to “smoky” in Gaelic. It’s a robust 46% ABV. It’s light gold, oily and produces very few legs in the tasting glass. Heavy droplets form slowly around the lip as it settles back after a spin. The nose is heavy smoke, earthy peat and salty sea air all the way. I don’t get any sweetness or barrel notes. They definitely nailed down the namesake. Flavor wise, the palate follows the nose: BBQ’d, fatty meats covered in cracked salt and black pepper. The mouthfeel is somewhat thick and thankfully that allows some bitter chocolate sweetness to settle in and add another layer of flavor to come through. It’s this drams saving grace IMO- because the finish returns to salty and smoked meats. The finish is long so this chocolate mid sip note is very welcome. It saves this from being a one dimensional smoke bomb. As it is, it’s very satisfying for any Islay loving, peated whisky drinker. I think Bunnahabhain could have the NAS haters on the run. I’ve had several from them now and they are all quite well done. I’ve got a few more NAS bottles from them and I’m inclined to open them all and see if I can back that statement up with an even stronger argument. This one is a solid 4 star. Thanks again to @Telex for supplying this one to the group. Good stuff. Cheers.