Connemara Peated Single Malt Review - The Final Verdict

Hello Everybody and Welcome at the Whisky Paradise,

Friday afternoon here in Sao Paulo and I'm ready for another nice weekend. Tonight I will have another look at the BenRiach 16 Years Single Malt as I received another miniature bottle of this whisky. I'm looking forward to it as I quite liked it the first time around. Later on this weekend I will do the JW Black Vs JW Double Black Tasting and that promises to be fun as well. Yesterday night I finalized the second tasting of the Connemara Irish Peated Single Malt. You can find my original Review here: Connemara Peated Single Malt.  At the request of various friends of the Whisky Paradise I did a second set of tastings as some people thought I was being too negative on this Irish Malt. Fortunately I had another miniature bottle available so I gladly accepted the challenge. But I'm sorry to say that Wednesday's and Thursday's Tastings confirmed my earlier conclusion. This is no match for a good Islay Malt like the Ardbeg, Laproaig, Lagavulin or Bowmore. The main problems that I keep having with the Connemara are the Smoke that tastes artificial and the Rubber and Medicinal Off Tones. I just don't think it's a pleasant whisky. It's drinkable but that's all. I have heard that the Cask Strength Version is much better so I hope I will be able to lay my hands on that one. So my verdict stands and you might want to have a look at the Tasting Notes again. In the meantime have a really nice weekend and I hope to see you all back tomorrow for the Re-Review of the BenRiach 16 Years as well as a Review of Led Zeppelin's 4th Album.

Sweet Drams.

Jan