Cask Islay (A.D. Rattray) Whisky

Like the overall notes. I'm wracking my brain to figure out what distillery this is. Just small sample of yhis and it's blown me away.

Can't stop dreaming of it. Such a good whisky

For me it is up there with the big Islay brands (Laphroaig 10, Caol Ila 12, Ardbeg 10 ). Definitely better than Finlaggan or even Talisker 10 (which is a pale shadow of the former itself)
Strong peat, sweetness, 46 % ABV, and if coloured then not so much (like Talisker or Bowmore). Highly recommended,
I would buy again

Smooth, sweet and peaty. Lagavulin - I think!?

Not bad at all smooth and easy to drink a fair dram at the price cheers

Nicely done. I tasted this first while visiting A.D. Rattray in Scotland. I was very happy to find a bottle when I returned to the US. I read this is 35 ppm. Likely Caol Ila or Lagavulin (I think!).

Again, At the start it took a very long time to get into the bottle as all i got was huge amount of smoke and some peat with a weird second pallet taste i couldnt put my finger on!

But then after letting it air(few months), it suddenly changed into an incredibly well balanced dram. Just a perfect amount of peat v smoke with a lovely fruity, vanilla and sweet taste that has a long finish.
Excellent dram!!!

A gorgeous whisky, like a Lagavulin but more high notes to enjoy on a warm summer evening.

Pale straw colour.Strong notes of orange with peppery honeyed sweetness.Slight astringency with strong hints of smoke and some salt.Slight afterburn on the tongue but smooth finish.A good single malt.

The light smoke finish the tasting notes mention is actually a strong hot burn that hurts my throat and disturbs the flavour balance. I don't know about the other bottles, but mine doesn't taste as if it was skillfully distilled.

This is, in my humble opinion, an overtly peated experiment at Bunnahabhain that turns out to have a similar taste to Laphroaig without being it (lack of tar notes). First A.D Rattray bottles Bunnahabhain and have a good relationship there, the distillery probably didn’t think the results would align with the house tasting profile and flushed the project away , selling the casks to Rattray. The smoking gun might be the subtle vanilla signature of Bunnahabhain toward the finish, which is quite persistent. Who cares what it is, it’s excellent!