KILKERRAN HEAVILY PEATED BATCH #4

Nose: Acetone, burned sugar/burned marshmallows, bonfire. Funky - but not in a good way! Palate: Chicory, caraway, salt & mineral, brown sugar, oak, BBQ meat Finish: Long finish. Wet wood smoke, funky, bonfire, caramelised sugar, tree bark, damp dog. This dram smells awful, but tastes much better than you get on the nose. Bizarrely, I quite like this as a dram - it's odd, but nicely funky. I'd call this an acquired taste - if you can get past the god awful smell! Matured in 80% ex bourbon and 20% ex-sherry casks

Wow... what a FUNK! From the first nose, the funk was strong with this one. I had other "heavily peated" scotches, like Port Charllote Heavy Peated and Compass Box Peat Monster, but this one was at another level, unfortunately, not in my wheelhouse. There's definitely briny taste, salty, but not like Talisker, like a little too much. In summary, this is not in my wheelhouse, so I am glad that it was a sample that I was able to get and not a full bottle.

Second tasting doesn’t cone close to laga 12. Very off putting bitter note and butterscotch note intertwined to make this taste like shit. Not quite as bad as auchentoshan but in the ballpark

Un parfum de beurre beaucoup trop évident, mais avec une cuillère ou deux d’eau on développe du clou de girofle et de la fumée phénolique. Probablement trop jeune et agressif, à mon avis.

Add water to this, and it becomes a glorious butter brioche with honey, with a beautiful balance of sweet and savory Smokey peat. I am in love with Campbeltown funk!

A very salty version of Lagavulin 12 is what it tastes like. The saltiness ruins it. Very rich mouthfeel