I found this bottle while searching for some interesting (and cheap) bottles to add to an international online order I placed a few weeks ago. I recently tried my first Glenturret and found it to be slightly above average, so I added a couple of bottles of these new, NAS releases to my order: Peated, Sherry and Peated (UK). The worldwide Peated NAS is 43%, as opposed to this 40% one. I guess the Brits prefer a softer Glenturret than us, lol. This was deep gold in the tasting glass, with skinny, yet oily legs with heavy drops. The nose was predominantly earthy peat, butter and light BBQ smoke. There was a bready, mealy backbone where the cask notes should’ve been. The palate was killed by the buttery presence- there’s some smoke, but so much butter that it killed any cask notes, any ABV and pretty much any feeling of whisky. There was a smoky bacon aspect on the tail end and into the finish, but not enough to save this floundering dram. The finish was short with weak peat notes and a bit of raw, abrasive oak. It left the mouth feeling dry. Overall, this is a dud. I’m not so sure an increase in ABV will help out here- so I’m not even excited about the worldwide edition bottle that I have- if it’s made from the same stock (which it probably is). Hopefully, the sherry cask version will be a lot friendlier. This is a 2.25-2.5 star offering that I paid just over $50 for and that I can’t recommend to anyone- even the Brits. Sorry.