Look: a nice orange color, alcohol legs and lacing are abundant Nose: Initially I get the sweet pear honey note, and then some slight smoke akin to pipe tobacco and peat. Pick up toffee a bit too, like a heath bar. Swirling gives me more pear. Taste: initial taste is actually like peat, pepper, honey and pear. This is better than I’d have figured. Finish: dry, hot, and that tobacco, maybe leather note sticks with me. I get astringent notes from the barrel Overall: Color me surprised. This is actually pretty good. The slight complexity brought by the addition of peated malts makes this worth a pour.