Nose

A big sooty, briny, phenolic nose. Liquorice, stove blacking, hot roads in the sun. Long and phenolic. Big phenols, but balanced.

Palate

Drives down hard onto the palate. Coal-like slightly salty. Generous and powerful.

Finish

Coal tar.

Comment

You feel this is old fashioned, coal-fired, steam driven kind of whisky and its none the worse for that.