Edradour Ballechin 10 Year Old Whisky 70cl

Heavily peated, yes, a decent example, yes, but lives up to the hype, well not quite for me. I have seen it reviewed as disappointing. I wasn't disappointed but neither did it quite reach the heights I was hoping for. Value for money, only just. Overall, it didn't quite do it for me.

A very dry and ashy nose. Can convince and even surprise the most diehard Islay fans. Taste: rich, oily, spicy and lots of nifty peatsmoke. With water even better, gaining a subtle sweetness

This is definitely heavily peated.
On a good day, it has an undercurrent of complexity that compares well with Ledaig and Longrow and Kilkerran, but on a bad day, it's too assertive and one dimensional to contrast well.
Overall, it was an interesting alternative, but I would choose the other three every time
I would however test out another Edradour, as this has piqued my interest enough to dig a little further.

The peat lingers but smooth on the palate. Sitting besides the Spey with a wee dram. Perfect

Fantastic, one for a cold day out on the course.

My favourite. I tasted many single malts but I always come back to this one. I buy him in a store in Amsterdam (-Old South), a hint for all you expats out there :-)

This has got to be one of the smoothest, yet pretty peaty whiskies around. It is a beautiful dram which I was so happy I was able to try. I purchased it as a present for my father who loves a peaty whisky - our favorite was a Lagavulin, but Ballechin has taken its place. It is smooth and peaty, and the peat lingers. It has a stormy attribute, and it is a beautiful nightcap.

Quite heavy smoke and tar taste, round and balanced. I save it for the cold winter days with lots of stormy wind from the North-West (Scotland direction :-) ) and eat it with Chocolat Stella coconut nectar

A great find on my quest of tasting peated whisky outside of Islay. Very smooth but wish the finish was longer. I wouldn't say it was heavily peated. The peat was balanced unlike the Balvenie's 'Peat Week' offering. Nice!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone ! Figured I'd go ahead and drink a hefty dram of this fine whisky as my digestif for the evening and I must say this is a good way to wash down that turkey. This is a very rare whisky here in California and in fact this is the only bottle I have ever seen of this particular single malt so I had to buy it even though I am pretty sure I overpaid for it. It definitely has that sweet , creamy rum/sherry character of Edradour and the peat seems to work surprisingly well with it kind of a creamy/smoky whisky, almost mocha like.I wouldn't buy it again for $90 but if I saw it a bit cheaper I probably would it's excellent stuff like anything from Edradour. Cheers! The Sugarbear