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High Coast Box The 2nd Step Collection 03
Single Malt — Sweden
Reviewed
November 24, 2020 (edited December 2, 2020)
Nose - Sweet gentle peat, black pepper, charcoal/mineral, thin honey, crisp but not sweet apples, light brine
Taste - Sweet clean peat, saline, white pepper heat/tingle, gentle vanilla simple syrup, filtered apple juice, hint of ash, charcoal, gentle generic/dry apple sweet
Finish - Long lingering white pepper tingle, lingering ashy but clean smoke, gentle charcoal filtered apple juice sweetness with a faint hint of minerality
Score - 86/100
Final Thoughts - I'm not typically a huge fan of peat, but this one is done quite nicely. It's a very clean peat smoke influence and isn't unpleasant. This actually reminds me quite a bit of a Port Charlotte in that it has a very clean peat/smoke influence and additionally has a very clean sweetness to it. It's not quite only simple syrup, but it's like a generic "crisp" fruit, like an unripe apple that's sweet, but w/o the apple flavor.
Would I drink it if offered? - Yes
Would I specifically order it? - No
Would I buy a bottle? - No
NOTE - All reviews are done without factoring in price.
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