Drk Neknul scored this whisky 86 points

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Amazingly fresh and fruity in the nose. Lime cream. Maybe sweetened with a little honey. The smoke I feel noticeably less phenolic and less "dirty" and tarry, as in TEN, Uigeadail or even at various UAs, which I was allowed to taste in recent months. I have an interesting tobacco association. It will be interesting to see how the clear smoke affects the taste.
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46.6% ABV already suspect it. The drinking strength makes the malt look very pleasant on the tongue. The beautiful citrus note, which reminds me of some of the long-gone Ardbeg distillates, remains intact. The AN OA looks pleasantly creamy, but without being able to match the almost proverbial creaminess of a Port Charlotte in this aspect. The 'smelt' reminiscent of chocolate pralines. Only from the mouth feeling, even if I have no present Schokonoten in the taste. The sweetie has deposited the honey and seems to me now rather malty. Vanilla powder like a pudding. Interesting spice, cereal notes. Oatmeal, soaked barley, in addition to the nose now stronger smoke flavors. The smoke is quite maritime, but much less tarry and medically, as one is used to from the bottlings of recent years, what the AN OA a great clarity, I would almost say 'purity' provides, which I like personally. If there is a summer whisky from Ardbeg, the rather unconvincing Blasda times out, then it is the AN OA.
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No miss notes! No sulfur, no metal, although by nature he is certainly still young, and above all no excessive bitterness. So for me more balanced than the Kelpie, which scores in the nose with great smoke and eucalyptus and in the finish then goes under the bitter load of the Black Sea areas in the knee. But back to AN OA. The previously rather lemony smoke exchanges its fruitiness towards the end in slightly earthy notes that remind me quite remotely to the Ardbog and form a nice, round conclusion.