St. Georges Distillery The English Whisky Co. 5 Year Old Chapter 15 Single Malt English Whisky (700ml)

A heavily smoked release of 1476 bottles. Notes suggest the smoke arrives slowly but builds and builds, mixing with honeyed sweetness.

Other reviews… [Previous batch tasted] A rare whisky where the sum is less than its parts...it is like a series of discontinued stories are told on the palate. Yet many moments are superb.
89.5 points - Jim Murrays Whisky Bible 2018

Here, talented distiller David Fitt shows us his latest expression of heavily peated whisky. The nose has jalapeño and bell peppers, with pungent peat smoke that catches at the back of the throat. The smoke is sooty coal dust buoyed with some sweetness, but without a medicinal edge to the phenols. Sipping brought lemon bonbons, herbal elements, and some burnt toast character. It swells out in the middle before relenting, leaving a quenching, sweet finish and a smoky aura. 83 points - whiskyadvocate.com, reviewed by: Jonny McCormick (Spring 2015)