Connemara is the only peated single malt to come out of Ireland. This Irish gem takes its inspiration from its eponymous region: wild, sweeping landscapes overflowing with fertile natural resources that lend it all of its unique character. Colour: a faded honey glow. On the nose: a little pine resin brings a real freshness that leads towards a gentle aromatic peat. Honey, pear drops and freshly sliced green apples. It’s an inviting and approachable nose without grabbing you by the throat. A little smoke that transcends into smoked bacon, then barley sweets. In the mouth: it’s a little flat and non-defined. A lashing of vegetative peat but this moves quickly aside leaving a slight pepperiness and little else. Apples again and then smoked cream and brown toast. A touch of redness from the finish but its all a bit flaccid.