You always remember your first. The first girl you dated. The first car you bought. Your first paycheck from your first real job. Your first A+ ( well, in my case, I always got A+, but I remember my first and only D ). So, this is my first 3 star on Kilchoman. I was actually really excited to try this; was hoping for that peat-port magic to bring out the smoky embers and fruity flavors. Just seems like it’s not well integrated. I’m really not getting the base Kilchoman taste, nor am I getting that peat-port magic. It’s a bit of a mess. I can’t believe mess and Kilchoman are in the same sentence, but yeah...my first Kilchoman I truly disliked. On a side note...the only 4 or 5 star distilleries for me , across all their product lines that I’ve tried, seem now to be Springbank, Yamazaki, Lagavulin, Talisker and Ardbeg. Kilchoman just fell today.