24 Days of Whisk(e)y - Day 16

Tuesday Whisk(e)y Time! Tonight... on the nose, peaty! I get the malt, ash, medicinal, toffee, some chocolate. I keep going back and fining more, including some savory bbq meat, really quite nice, the nose is excellent. The taste I get the sweet and savory, peppery heat, toffee, smoke and ash... and then even more pepper. As I acclimate to this, I also find on the taste the bbq meat I found on the nose. The finish has a spicy heat tingle on the tongue, char and ash that drifts away to be replaced with sweet toffee ... and then finally the heat comes back to linger.

With water the nose is similar, the taste seems more spicy and the finish is more sweet. This is quite excellent overall and well balanced. I'm pretty sure it's a peated Scotch, and I think it's probably around 55% ABV so likely cask strength. This is the best of the year so far... I don't think I can quite go to 4.5 for this, so I'll call it 4.25/5.0 - tonight bottle is...

Kilchoman Batch Strength Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky. 57% ABV, no age statement. I've had other Kilchoman Scotch Whiskys before, but I'm pretty sure this is the only Cask Strength one, and this is certainly better than the other ones I've tried. A winner for sure, cheers!