Stauning Heather Smoked Barley Danish Whisky

Just don't like it. Leaves a different taste in my mouth that is not on the good side.

I’m not experienced enough (or in my mind snobby enough) to start talking about raisins and rainbows or whatever the fancy folks say. It smells good. I do sense what I would call on oily mouthfeel. Some nice complex flavors.

While this does have smoke, it is unrefined - almost an afterthought.

Smoke on the nose, smoke on the palate - but nothing else. It’s shallow - imagine a very thin puddle. The smoke is the surface of the puddle, and that’s about all there is to it.

I expected something with greater refinement and complexity, to be honest. There is no middle and end to it. No lasting note, which I find to be the element I quite enjoy in my favorite whiskeys.

As for mouthfeel - it has decent body to it with a mild oiliness. Very fitting for what it is.

In sum, the flavor profile is a movie trailer for a film that never came into existence. A preview that leaves you wanting something more, that you’ll never get. Was it worth the Black price point? I’d say yes, though know what you’re getting when you buy it and don’t expect anything other than a shallow smokiness.

Hints of citrus, honey, vanilla, raisins, with pleasant grainy and malty flavors.
Finish: Bittersweet chocolate, sweet nuts and raisins, caramel, and brown sugar, meet with final drifts of bonfire smoke.

Full disclosure, I do not enjoy peaty whisk(e)y. That said, I would not have ordered this bottle if anywhere in the description it mentioned peat. I know to stay away because, although many people love it, it’s not my thing. Flaviar, IMHO, I think you missed on this one and I would have saved my cash.

This stuff knocked my socks off. I'm an experienced scotch drinker and like peaty and smoky flavors. This stuff was different, more herbal and campfire in quality, less medicinal. Very nice change of pace and I will be buying Stauning again.