Near the bottom of the bottle I decided to do another write up of this with added water. About 6 💧 water. Initial rating was a 3.75 Nose: interestingly enough the ethanol is what greets you first. I didn’t get that on my first write up. It’s got this funk up front as well, think soy sauce. Some citrus zest in some quick sniffs. The peat is faint and is masked by the funk. Palate: the wood oak is what comes out stronger in my opinion. Whatever sweet vanilla flavors I tasted in my earlier tasting seems to have disappeared. You get a lot of spice and ashy flavors. There’s also a salty finish to the dram. It tastes like barbecue that was over salted and burned. Mouthfeel: it’s heat and bitter and heat some more. It doesn’t feel as oily with water, but gives it this thick chewy quality to it. Consistency of cough syrup. It’s also dry going down, I feel like I’m getting sick/ sore throat drinking it. Overall I did not like that experience at all. I won’t be adding water to this again. It’s good as is because you get a tinge of sweetness. The water kills that and leaves you feeling like you placed a burnt charcoal with bbq drippings in your mouth.