Nose - The nose is and I know this is odd but it's new make malt and an interesting vegetable note. There's starting to be a nice baked good here as well, sweet white bread almost with some sweet clay notes. Now opened up and I'm getting just a sweet baked good and alcohol. Taste - once again alcohol. OK, sweet sweet malt. This is just sweet new make elements. Little if no oak or wood notes. I get some mint and then just more sweet and then an earthy finish. Water brings down the alcohol and perhaps brings out more nuanced sweetness but I'm still just kinda thinking pastry/bread and earthy and vegetable notes at the end. It's clearly peat but it isn't what I think of as peat in general. So I know this wasn't he most favorable review in terms of notes and tasting. It's not a complex whisky but what it does it does fairly well. The abv is a gut punch and the peat is a touch lacking if you were hoping for something special. My bottom line? It's basic boring whisky at a great proof and it's different. That to me a 1.25 star whisky and one I'd not tell you to not buy. I just can't recommend it. I also should note I think this was a bit under 80 bucks and for that price, I'm not sure what to think. CS so there's value but not very good and there are better malts at lower proofs available.