The review transferred over from the Barreled App: It's now time for another special dram that isn't available in the U.S: Ailsa Bay Peated Lowland single malt. This is a newer distillery located in the Lowland region of Scotland and was built in 2007 by William Grant & Sons. It was built to help supply single malt scotch to WG&S for their blended scotch offerings. The stills are copies of the ones that Balvenie uses and it is believed they built this facility to lessen their need for Balvenie malts for their blends. However, for 2 weeks a year they distill a peated single malt and have decided to bottle this under their own brand name. This is the first bottling and I believe this was distilled in 2011/2012, thus making this only 3-4 years of age. Near the bare minimum time required to call it a scotch whisky. It comes in at a nice 97.8 proof and I believe a bottle runs about $55 over in the U.K. and Western Europe. Like most peated and Lowland malts it is very light in color. It produces very thin legs in the tasting glass and upon nosing it there is a nice burst of grassy, earthy peat. The medicinal "band aid" and briny sea salts are unexpectedly missing, but it doesn't take away from the taste at all. In fact, it's quite eye-opening. There's also a nice, floral aspect keeping the overall impression very light and airy. Surprisingly, for a whisky this young I don't get much oak barrel. Interesting. The first sip is actually quite decadent. There's a strong hit from the peat and a pleasant pop of toasted almonds to go along with the fresh oak. It's a lively dram (as it should be) and all those flavors really flow into the long, warm finish. It's not overpowering despite being almost 100 proof, but it isn't butter smooth either. Very solid execution. With this being a Lowland whisky it really shocks me that such a great flavor profile is coming from a distillery this new. Hats off to the head distiller here. Well done. I have to hope that production ramps up enough to where some of this gets shipped over seas and remains relatively cheap. I would certainly buy a bottle of this for those times I want a peated whisky without the heavy feel of a Laphroiag or an Ardbeg malt. A big thanks to @PBMichiganWolverine for sending me a pour of this back in 2016. He is also providing another pour of this for the guys in the SDT in the final round, I believe. Cheers.