This powerful malt can handle a teaspoon of water to a nice dram, then it is even fruity, without losing substance, clarity or smoke.

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Nose: sweet, deeply sooty, with lots of medicinal notes, coastal notes, shells on a beach, putty and earthy notes. As expected. Some gherkins, but there’s a gentler side too, something of butter pastry, almond cream and lemon oil. Sharp and powerful, but somehow very balanced.
Mouth: same intensity. Big peat with pepper and lemon. Smoked fish, leathery notes, ashes, wax and salted caramel. Medicinal and very coastal. Just a few fruity notes in the background. Big, big sooty notes.
Finish: very long, ashy, lemony. Perfect sharpness.Pretty much a benchmark for this medicinal, robust, hugely sooty style. I often had problems with its fierceness and dryness but for me this is slightly sweeter, more balanced and the most enjoyable batch I’ve had. Recommended. 

Nose:
Smoke rises from the glass vigorously, it is slightly greasy. But above all strong maritime flavors, salty sea air, kelp on the beach, wet dew.
After the smoke has settled a bit and the malt has breathed a bit, malt and vanilla, freshly brewed Lapsang Souchong and a fine citrus note stand out, almost reminiscent of limoncello.

Mouth:
A nice smoky start, here more medically. Vanilla again, lots of barley malt. The alcohol is very nicely involved, barely a prickle, just a light pepperiness (Szechuan). With some time in the mouth, something limoncello comes through again, the smoke is greasier.

Finish:
Long, strong smoky and malty-sweet.

Simply a great filling that is fun and focused fires its flavors. For 12 years an above-average complexity.

90/100

Nose: creosote, ripe fruits, sea salt, dust and sweet fruits. Mouth: sweet, strong peated smoke, dryness, spices, sweet fruits, oily, sea salt and dust. Finish: long, spicy, creosote, vanilla, dust, sweet fruits. It has very good balance between sweetness and peatness.