A high-ABV variation on the classic Smokehead Islay single malt, Smokehead High Voltage is described as an "all-out attack" on your senses by its producer. Which, y'know, sounds pretty intense. If you're a fan of heavily-peated whisky, this'll be right up your street.
Also, yes, it was incredibly hard to resist making an Electric Six reference when writing this bottling note.
Burnt biscuits, dried earth and a kick of black pepper.
Oily barley and intense campfire smoke, with a hint of brown sugar underneath.
Sea salt, oat cakes and smoked paprika.
Magical
Great malt, in my opinion definitely Ardbeg. Massive amounts of peat overwhelm at first, butafter a few sips open up to a very surprising and nice complexity. At that is price a true gem.
A welcome addition to the smokehead range - intense with a hint of sherry with all that lovely peat. Very more-ish - goes down very well, one more if you insist . Yes maybe a little engineered, not a perfect classic malt but a good cask strength peaty malt for a decent price
Sweety peaty. That's pretty much all I can say about this single malt. A huge disappointment, how can Ian MacLeod go this wrong? Smokehead 43 % version is truly an excellent malt. Cask strength versions are usually much better than regular strength versions. At first I was excited: a new Smokehead, this must a good one. But no, this actually badly engineered malt. I can also see that this is caramel coloured. A regular Smokehead seems not to be. What a hell is going on here? What a waste, this is Ardbeg after all!
