• Nose: 21 Palate: 22 Finish: 22 Balance: 22 Total: 87
  • Nose: Sweet, light peat smoke and sea salt
  • Palate: Light peak, charred pork, vanilla
  • Finish: Long - Gentle peat and sugar maple
  • Type: Single Malt
  • Age: NAS
  • ABV: 48.9%
  • Distiller: Ailsa Bay (William Grant & Sons)
  • Where made: Girvan, SCOTLAND
  • Region: Lowlands
  • Approximate Price: $110
  • Value: GOOD

Tasted at Saratoga Whiskey Club Tasting # 167 - Scotland A to Z, Part 1. Ailsa Bay was founded in 2000; and this is only the second release of a single malt. The remainder of their production goes to blends. They claim that this was peated to 22ppm of phenols and 19ppm of "sweet;" which sounds like a marketing strategy without any science behind it, despite the fact that this is a high-tech, science-based distillery.