Sampled at a tasting event held by the "Sonoma County Single Malt Society". I recognize the irony here. I should point out I typically do not like peaty whiskeys and this is no exception. I am 100% unqualified to rate a peated whiskey. Nose: Peat, smoke, ash, BBQ rub?, honestly this just smells to me like burning plastic. Flavor: Vanilla, sugar, Band-Aid, sweet and bitter, oak and smoke. Finish: Tar, tobacco, and barrel spices, medium length. I hate this so much. This tastes like what I have to imagine a tire fire smells like. I ate so many crackers just trying to get the taste out of my mouth and even after half a dozen crackers and several glasses of water a healthy pour of Hedonism just tasted like tar and death. Blech!