By: Alchemist (51) 9/18/2012Cheers!(0)Nose gives sweet caramel but is otherwise quite subdued with light wood smoke and some light spiciness. The arrival is sherry sweet and spicy developing intense hot black pepper which lasts for some time. This eventually dies down to reveal further sherry sweet spices. However, if this malt isn’t held long enough in the mouth for the heat to numb the palate, the body is quite different. It then gives a marked bitterness and light vanilla alongside the milder pepper development. The finish is quite short in either case giving some light peat, sweet spices and light sulphur at the close. The sulphur doesn’t mar the aftertaste which is pleasantly sweet and mildly spiced. This is a good malt though let down slightly by the bitterness in the body under normal drinking conditions.