2021 24 Days of Whisk(e)y - Day 18

Saturday - woot! Day 18 of 24 Days of Whisk(e)y! Trying Son of a Peat Batch 3 "The Redeemer" Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, Cask Strength (53.8% ABV) from Flaviar. My preferences for Scotch leans towards peaty, smokey varieties, so when I saw this on Flaviar, I figured I'd give it a try.

On the nose, this has a meaty smoke, peat, and is slightly medicinal. The taste I get smoke, peat, touch of spice, some almonds maybe, a bit of oak, and some sherry notes as well. The finish I get smoke and ash, peat, chocolate, spice tingle, dry wood. The finish lingers for some time and has nice warmth. 

Adding water, the nose seems more campfireish and more BBQ, the medicinal note seems to have vanished or is buried. The taste has more spice and the finish more tingle, seems hotter. I prefer this on neat. 

This one is really quite good. I tried another blended peaty Scotch, Compass Box Peat Monster, against this and the Son of Peat was much better. It probably is in Ardbeg Uigeadail or Corryvreckan territory - sometime I'll have to have it blind vs one of those and possibly some others. Rated 4.25 / 5.0