Following Highland Park The Light, this blares a bunch of discordant flavors. What is going on here? There's a bunch of smoke and a substantial amount of peat (possibly out-shouting the smoke). It's mostly in-your-face with smoke and peat and this off-putting underlying bitterness. There's a good deal of vanilla and floral notes brining in minerality and gross bread with the sweetness. It's kind of herbal in a difficult-to-place and slightly medicinal manner (due to the bitterness). The flavors eventually balance out a bit better and this tastes like a solid Islay whiskey, but not one that I would choose to seek out. A tiny bit of citrus astringency punches the sweetness down even further, unfortunately. The bitterness turns out to be a lot of barrel. I would drink this, but I wouldn't be a huge fan.