Interesting. Contrasting with more typical Islays that have strong bouquets and finishes, this feels muted in those areas. It feels almost invisible until it hits further back I'm the mouth where, interestingly, it explodes into one of the pungent peaty mouthfuls. I don't sense as much smoke as peat, perhaps the namesake here. I feel like it hints of almost an olive oil hints in it's quality, both subtly in flavor, and how it reacts to the mouth as it travels through it. Potential criticism is that this lacks depth of character. It makes an excellent tasting.
About this bottle
This is a peated single malt produced at a single unnamed distillery and bottled by Fox Fitzgerald Whisky Trading Co, a bulk supplier of malts based in the UK. Peat's Beast Single Malt Scotch Whisky is non-chill filtered and bottled at 46% ABV.
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Thick meat peaty, but a weird tange behind it, spicy 1.75 spicy heat, nice oily meaty and bbq fullness, generally lacks any sort of depth in it, a very simple one-dimensional whisky 2 campfire smoothering heat, iodine hit that makes you naueous 1 2 creamy, mashmellow, chocolate, campfire smooth, sweet cherry 3.75 flat, no complexity, sweetness and with little smoke but a lot of oaky - the sweet contrast is a huge disappointment and doesn't go with the accompaniment 0.25 non sustained and no flavor 0.25 1.25
Bright golden straw colour in the glass. Petroleum (maybe more Vaseline than Petrol) on the nose, piles of smoke, mild peat, very sweet. Taste is sweet and thin with more smoke, hard time finding the peat here. Finish is fast and drying. Honestly tastes more like mezcal than whisky. VERY VERY young. This will be a mixer for sure, might be interesting in home aging experiments or an infinity bottle.
Smoke and...apple cider vinegar behind it on the nose? Palate is sweet and salt taffy with a creamy mouth feel that gives away to the smoke. Finish is bonfires and hot dogs with roasted marshmallows. Yummy! I ought to buy more of this! Basically a whiskey to go camping with.
Nose: orange zest, salt, smoke Palate: peat, more salt and campfire smoke Finish: somewhat thin, more salt and smoke Not bad, definitely peaty, but probably a notch below Laphroaig 10 or Ardbeg 10 which are a little more full bodied.
Seems like a very young Islay, Nose: green apple, smoke of course, peaches, chocolate, bubblegum. Palate: peat with ashes and fruity aftertaste, A bit burning. The finish is medium with almost only smoke. Not bad but not wow
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