There's a reason so much of this distillery's production goes into blends: they need to because it's almost unpalatable on its own. The Bradan Orach is a very unrefined, bitter, tannic mess of hot alcohol, pungent spice, harsh ethanol, with a long, jellyfish tentacle, sting at the end. Even at the lower price, this isn't a very good sipper on the rocks. Tasted neat, it's like some sort of punishment. Hard pass on this.