Intense, pressure-cooked, heavily peated single malt with iodine, seaweed, barbecue smoke and sulphur that works surprisingly well.
- barbecue
- black pepper
- brine
- camphor
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Ardnahoe is an Islay single malt Scotch whisky distillery owned by Hunter Laing. Its first distillation runs began in October 2018.
Intense, pressure-cooked, heavily peated single malt with iodine, seaweed, barbecue smoke and sulphur that works surprisingly well.
A complex, unusual whisky pairing green walnut, black pepper, bitter orange and bay leaves, with pepper ultimately stealing the show.
Peat and sherry work wonders here, with leather, tobacco, candied citrus and pepper, though the reviewer finds the bourbon influence more precise.
Sweet vanilla, mango and banana coat this taut, salty whisky, but the palate is excellent, becoming rootier with water and finishing long, fresh and pure.
Immaculate, pure and mineral, with elegant smoke; the palate is a chiselled blade of peat, lemon, pepper and oysters, finishing long and saline.
A very corpulent and explosive whisky, bursting with used matches, bitter orange, walnut liqueur, salt, camphor and a long smoky finish.