Taster

Nose: Liniment and farmyard.

Palate: Honey on hot porridge, before a mushroom cloud of peat blows your head off.

Finish: A rollercoaster ride of pepper, huge amounts of billowing smoke, then vanilla, mint and choc fudge.

Comment: I just love this un-chill filtered version; it's fat, it's loud and it's fun. In this price bracket, there are very few Scottish single malts that can match it.

Score: 9.3

Taster

Nose: Muted nose before vanilla, nuts, violet and a mix of estery notes and perfumed peat smoke. Kippers.

Palate: A very sweet start, lemon barley water, then the smoke builds in intensity, perfumed, touch of sheepskin. Good intensity.

Finish: Long, smoky. Slightly hot.

Comment: Not surprisingly the punchiest - and the peatiest of these two.

Score: 7.8