Peat Monster Arcana

...well, this is what I like, a sweetish, fruity peat, if it's Talisker, then it's very smooth, muted, vanilla, slightly nutty, drawing in the coastal breeze, a delicate whiff of iodine... It's a pleasant sniff. The fruity sweetness goes hand in hand with a minimal amount of a few drops of lime or another citrus. I'll change glasses for a moment. In the empty one - it's thicker here, a bit of leather, fruit must, maybe licorice, sweet foam melting over the fire. Well, well... quite, quite. Back to the full one - undeniably fruity, smelling a bit like some flavored chocolate. So far, it's far from a "monster"... unless it's a monster from some cute children's fairy tale... in the good sense of the word.

...decently oily, peppery, with a rather strange undertone. I don't know what it is yet. Sweetish and fruity. There's honey, honey with a touch of... mint. A little warming, a little cooling. Something like cough drops, or an inhalant with a touch of menthol. That's after the first organoleptic encounter. Time for the second time - everything is the same as the first: salt, a bonfire of pepper, sparks of fire delicately sparkle in the mouth to release a rather bitter coffee-chocolate aftertaste, a distinct tannin appears (it's definitely that French oak)... I'm in the know :-). The honey is rather specific, heather-like, acacia-like. Certainly not the popular, mixed, thin, linden-like honey you buy in discount stores. A peaty aftertaste, along with a hint of smoke, envelops it all, but it's not the most prominent. The third sip (because there's enough of it)—again, it's sweet and toasty, with fire-roasted apple, toasted caramelized marshmallows, slightly sour and still-warming spices. Ginger, sweet paprika, and bitterness again. It's less noticeable now, as my mouth has probably gotten used to it.

...even long, sweetly fruity, peaty (but not excessively so), spicy, honey-tannic