Rating: 16/23 I strongly suspect that I overrated this last time, but I'm hopeful that it's still very good. N: Smoky for sure, but certainly not peaty. There's a tart-sweet fruitiness that reminds me of apples. There's also some meatiness coming from the smoke (which smells like hickory with and apple with hint of mesquite, but maybe I'm just primed for barbecue). Some maltiness comes through, but it isn't very strong or complex, suggesting youth. With the tartness, sharpness, and lack of subtlety, this definitely smells like a young whiskey aged in a hot climate. Not a super complex or hedonistic nose, but it's solid in both dimensions and also interesting, so I give it a thumbs up. P: Yeah, it's lighter and younger than I recalled, but it isn't excessively young or uncomplex. It lacks that deep, rich, mature complexity of the likes of Ardbeg Corryvrecken or Uigeadail, but there's still a fair amount going on here. This is more like Amrut Peated - It's strong and fairly young, but not in a bad way. It has that tartness of hot aging and a sweet smokiness (no peat). The tartness and sweetness give it a nice sweet apple flavor. It tastes a bit like barbecue pork ribs. I suspect that the apple sweetness combined with the smokiness and bit of meatiness from the malt is giving a little bit of a ketchup flavor. The alcohol is a bit sharp, but I wouldn't say it's harsh and it is 50% ABV. A bit more complexity would be nice to balance out the sharpness, but I don't begrudge it. F: It mellows out on the finish. The smoke becomes more subdued and the apples become more floral. The meatiness remains as well. The apple sweetness and floral character remains long into the sweetness, but the smokiness keeps it from being too light, bland, or grating. Unfortunately, I have to say that I misrated this before. I gave it a much higher rating than it deserved. This is still a very good an highly sippable smoky whiskey, but there are plenty of others that surpass it in a reasonable price range. It for sure has that BBQ smokiness going on and I definitely get some pork ribs with BBQ sauce, but I don't want to overemphasize how strong that flavor is. This is smoky, but not peaty. It has solid complexity and maturity, but it has nothing like the subtlety of many other peated whiskeys and I'd place it below both Ardbeg Corryvreckan and Ardbeg Uigideal. It's still very good and worth considering at $50, but unlike with the Corsair Grainiac, I wouldn't feel that bad if I could never buy another bottle. I like it and it is interesting, but I think that its youth is holding it back. I like where it's going, but it's kind of rough. The complexity is decent, but not really impressive. I do enjoy sipping it though, so I think it earns itself a 15. It could be a 16. It's very borderline between the two. It seems about a point below the Corsair Buck Yeah because of its youthfulness and brashness. It's also about a point behind Amrut Peated, though I could belive two. I realize this is a weird comparison, but they're both smoky whiskies aged for short durations in hot climates and the malty richness in the Amrut puts it oddly sort of between the Wildfire and Buck Yeah in profile, so it's a useful yardstick. I wonder if last time when I gave this a 20 the bottle had benefitted from oxidizing for years in the bar or if my palate was just totally off that night. Hopefully, my bottle will improve, but it has already been open for a few months, so I don't have high hopes. This is kind of young and brash tasting, but it's also decently complex, interesting, and tasty. I considered giving this a 15, but right now I'm going with a 16.