Hey all! Want to correct a mistake I said in the video. The Laphroaig Lore actually comes in a 45 PPM instead of 86 PPM like I stated in the video. Even Bulls make mistakes 😂
Great list of peated Scotch Whisky. My favs in order are: 1. Lagavulin 16. Complex and beautiful. 2. Ardbeg 10. Rocket fuel 3. Caol Ila 12. My go to whisky 4. Port Charlotte 12 5. Bowmore 12
My wife made the most incredible statement after observing the amount of bottles in your bar... she said "The more you have, the longer they last". Time to go shopping!
Missed this a year ago but this is a gem of an SLB video! The wifely quips and excitement of Kurt enjoying things Trenton doesn’t really amps up the entertainment.
For all the reading about scotch that I’ve done thus far, your brief explanation of PPM was huge to me. I had no idea. That’s a very important statistical figure that doesn’t get included in reviews very often. To a definite scotch rookie like myself, though, this means everything. Now, I can properly navigate my way through the Islays and even the Highland selections in a more informed way. Man, I can’t thank you enough for that. You saved me at least a couple of mistakes.
Awesome video! Ardbeg Uigedail is one of my favorite whiskies of all time and I’m primarily a bourbon drinker. So much complexity underneath a punch in the face of beautiful peat smoke. I would recommend Benriach smoky 12. Lighter on the peat but aged in bourbon, sherry as well as Marsala wine casks. It’s a peated speyside whisky that has so much to unpack
I'll never be able to get another, but the original Ardbeg Supernova was by far the finest Peat Monster ever. Best description is to imagine the ultimate beach campfire and put the entire experience into a bottle.
just did 5 accessible Islays (peated) blind w 4 of us (one bro from Scotland) and here was my lineup 5 Bowmore 12 (felt like Lagavulin w flavor-sliders dropped down) 4 Port Charlotte 10 - ok, just a level above in flavor from the BM 12 3 Ardbeg 10. Thought it would be top 2 and surprised it was less smokey and more peaty than it was. Really liked it but not as much as would have thought. VERY light in color. 2 Laphroaig 10 MUCH more smokey than we would have thought. Thoughtit was dirt/peat special (not in bad way) but was either 1 or 2 for all of us... Stunned 1 ....for ALL of us, immediately knowing/declaring this was the best Lagavulin 16...gonna say the fact its 16 years gives the advantage. All sliders pulled up to max. NGL we all did this to "prove" we weren't biased towards Lagavulin...nope. its worth the $88 it costs here in FL
I love your enthusiasm! And they're all yours to enjoy!😂 I've got to try the Talisker, but I'm fortunate to have the others on your great list. Funny story: I asked my 32 year-old son (who lives about 2,000 miles away) what he's drinking these days. "Laphroaig," he replied. That's a really big change from the Buffalo Trace he enjoyed in college. I thought I was going to introduce him to Scotch; but it looks like I missed that boat.😄 Cheers, Kurt!
Thank you for this video. I've been a bourbon fan for a few years but I am ridiculously new to peated Scotch. My nephew gave me a peated single malt from Oregon for Christmas and I just fell in love with the "campfire and band-aide" aroma. Since then I've picked up a Laphroaig Select that I also really dig. I'm gonna have to try some of those great sounding single malts on your list.
Hey bro , it's A bit pricey these days but pirt Charlotte 10 is an amazing malt !!! Keeps the great malt flavor you get in unpeated bruchladich, with A punch of peat. Great balanced stuff !
Ardbeg Uigeadail is a favorite but I'm also very partial to Ledaig 10yo. From the Isle of Mull, distinctive campfire-smoke peat. Non chill filtered, natural colored. With a drop of water, very complex, sweet and sour, raisiny.
Ardbeg 10 was a lot more refined than I expected. A classy whisky. Ugadail uis amped up. Ledaig 10 is super. It's more like dried, smokey meat (bacon, capicola, etc....). Lagavulin 16 is so easy drinking. Then there is the Machri Mor, Port Charlotte 10, Laphroaig Sherry Cask.. I have an unopened bottle of Kilchoman Sanaig. I'm also a fan of Oban Little Bay.
Great list Kurt!!! My favorite peated scotch is Port Charlotte 10. Absolutely love it. You had me at glazed meat 🍖😂😂 if you have any other suggestions of peated scotch with the glazed meat note please share😂😂😂😂 As always love the content! Cheers Kurt!!!
a solid list. The Laphroiag gives me a specially nice feeling that hits me perfectly. I will make the 2 hour drive down to Valpraiso to join you if you ever need company. I would add the Caol Ila 12 as being preferred to the Lag 16. At 16 years it starts to loose that Peat that I love. This grouping is my favorite whisky range. smoke and peat make me happy. But, like you, none of my friends care to join in!
Thanks Kurt I love that you did the peated scotches. All good choices and I do love me some Ardbeg and Port Charlotte but my all time favorite will always be Highland Park.
Kurt love your choices. The Laphroaig of choice for me is the Triple Wood (though I love all of them). My current favorite is the Port Charlotte OLC: 01. Super viscous and the flavors are more intense than regular PC (though I love that too).
I'm just getting into peated Scotch. Compass Box The Peat Monster was my real introduction and much to my shock and horror, I loved it. I actually bought a Talisker 10 just today, and also have Laphroaig 10 and Ardbeg 10 waiting for me. If I love them just as much, then I go hunting for Lagavulin 16, which is scarce here in NC right now.
I completely agree with you on 3 of the 5 (Ardbeg, Lagavulin, and Port Charlotte). Haven't ever tried the other 2, but I just put them on my shopping list. Thanks!!
I love your videos and appreciate the effort you put in to each episode. I would really like a video on the best neat whiskey or bourbons that make fantastic mixers.
Great line up! You have three of favorite Scotchs, Ardbeg Uigeadail, Lagavulin 16, and Talisker 10. Talisker 10 is my favorite because it tastes what I imagine an Irish single pot still whiskey would taste if it were peated. At first I wasn't a fan of peated whiskeys, but after I revisited a year or so into my rabbit hole tumble into Irish whiskeys I came to love them. It brings a different character to the whiskey that's delicious. It's hard for me to overpay for bourbon when there are great single pot still Irish whiskeys and peated Scotchs available for MSRP.
Good video, thanks for posting it. I love the Ardbegs (all of them). I would like to recommend that people try the Kilchoman offerings: Sanaig, Machir Bay, Loch Gorm. They are IMHO the best example of the peat and other flavors working well together.
Very nice list.. My favorite peated whisky has been a Lagavulin Distillers Edition ...I have Talisker D.E. too ...their 10 year finished with sherry. All great choices .
Thanks for the video just ordered some of the ardbeg on line can't wait to try it out really liked the lagavulin 16. Glad you are doing the scotch videos.
Took me one drink of Ugedail to fall in love. I mean it's no Aberlour Abunadh or Glengoyne Cask strength but it's still fantastic. Kilchoman Sanaig a good alternative to the Ugeeee. Will have to give that Laphroig Lore a go after sewing it here
Great list, Kurt! It's me birthday, tomorrow...I've already picked up an Old Elk finished in Armagnac, but I may have to pickup up the Port Charlotte, Talisker or Lagavulin offering (already have the Uigeadail, and it's delicious)
I know I'm a little late to this one, but my favorite peater is the Laphroaig 10 Year Cask Strength. As someone who is really just starting to explore scotch, I asked for a bottle that will challenge me. Damned if I didn't love it the first pour.
Interesting!!! Im not into scotch but like learning about them. Really the only scotch I’m familiar with is Balvenie 21 year and it was really good over a single cube. Thanks again!! Great information 👍🏼
Very nice selection, Port Charlotte had me mesmerised for a while but sipping Ardbeg 10 while watching this list its just peat done right, although Lagavulin 16 still favourite
Absolutely gorgeous picks - the Uigeadail is my fave as well :) The Lore is the only one I have not had. I would also rec the Caol Ila 12yo, and some from Kilchoman - the Loch Gorm for a more traditional peated offering, or the Sanaig for a touch of sherry 👍🏻
I like what you said about others not liking it so it’s all yours. I have the same benefit as I love peated whisky. Not many do. I love Laphroiag, and Ardbeg too. Lagavulan comes third. Love the Talisker too. I really enjoy your videos. Keep at it. So informative
Love the Uigeadail. Don't forget the Ardbeg 10. If you want complex, get the Laphroaig Cairdeas release that comes out every year. It is always at cask strength.
Caideas PX and Lagavulin Offerman are ridiculously good too! I would have also added Johnnie Double Black too but seems like this show was only for peated single malts…
Bacon... DID I HEAR BACON!?!? that's a first one I've ever heard described with notes of bacon... I'm sold. I've got the lagavulin 16 and I like that the peat flavors are seated down into the other flavors going on. It doesn't taste like someone put their cigar out in my glass.
Another solid list...I have them all. I prefer the Corryvrekin. I also really enjoy the peat in Highland Park 15, Benriach Smokey 10, Coal Ila 12. and Bowmore 15.
Great selection of some of the very best peated whisky. If you want to save a little money & have something equal (or even better...) I'd try Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength. Stands toe to toe with Lore & costs about $30 less. Another recommendation (if you can find it) is Longrow Peated. It has a white label with rose gold lettering. That one is more refined than just about any peated whisky I've ever tried. Exceptional & costs about $70.
Hi SBL. I’m from Scotland and I’m spoiled over here with all kinds of special whisky and distilleries on my doorstep. But there’s one I hope and pray you can get access to. It’s from the Annandale distillery, and it’s called “ the man of swords”, the founders range. It’s not overwhelming with peat, but it’s beautifully balanced . A stunning lightly peated whisky. I honestly think you will not be disappointed. Price maybe reasonably high, but its beautiful. Look out for it. I really recommend it. Wish you good health. Slainte mhath 👍🥃
Just had the Octomore 13.1 for first time last night. WOW just fantastic and now in my top 5 peated scotches. Glad the Port Charlotte is easy to get. Love your picks. Have all but the Lore.
Talisker 10 was my first whisky love, and will also be in my collection. It is so lovely and so affordable. But current favorites are: 1. Ardbeg Ten 2. Springbank 10 3. Kilkerran 12 4. Ardbeg Uigeadail (a bit strong for me, but with water it is just fantastic) 5. Talisker 10 (maybe it should be Lagavulin 16, but can't leave Talisker out)
Of the ones I've tried, Lagavulin 16 is so far my favorite. I liked the Uigadial too - it's an experience, but it's so intense that it's not really something I can relax with. I'm currently on the Port Charlotte and I like that very much, too. I'd probably put it second after the Lag16, with the Oogie third.
I would also suggest Caol Ila. It's a bit lighter than Ardbeg or Bowmore with a touch of sweetness. If you ever see a single cask bottling grab it, every one I've had has been delicious. Honorable mention goes to Compass Box with their Glasgow blend. Try using it in a Rusty Nail for a change of pace.
Like or Dislike: Like, but with one critique. I'm the kind of whiskey lover who enjoys admiring the spirit's color as part of my drinking experience. The problem with scotch is one never knows if the color is natural or artificial. Color isn't important to everyone, but I personally would have appreciated knowing which of these scotches is colored and which is all natural.
Bottle 1. Yep.. Fav tied with Bottle 4. Bottle 2. Yep Bottle 3. Have not had it yet, would put the 10 Cask Strength - just found this!!! Bottle 4. Yep.. Fav tied with Bottle 1. Bottle 5.... this is where we differ.... Understand why you didn't put in Corryvreckan.. but even An Oa is better than this bottle.... I'm with you on the smokies.... love them, but can only have one a night, and at the end of the whiskey tour if I'm having more than say 3. Great List.
Great choices. I agree with Lagavulin 16, Ardbeg Uigeadail, and Port Charlotte 10. I would round out my top five with Laphroaig Quarter Cask, and Ardbeg Corryvreckan. Talisker 10 is good but it’s $83 here (not worth it). Islay scotch is my favorite. I love the peat! Ardbeg is my favorite distillery. You can’t go wrong with Ardbeg. Even the Wee Beasty is tasty (and only $50 here).
Great list of amazing whiskey!! I have been drinking scotch my whole life and my current favorite is Laphroaig Càirdeas - which I’m sure you’d love, given your faves here.
I love strong peat and smoke flavour, but find the strong iodine/medicinal flavours of Ardbeg and Laphroaig offputting. My favourites are: Bruichladdich Octomore, Lagavulin 16, Caol'Ila 12, Talisker 10 y.o., and Jura 10 y.o. or 12 y.o.. In my area Jura is significantly less expensive than Talisker, making it the value leader.
I agree my best bottle is Uig…my wife loves lag16, but cannot afford $140+…my new fav….Ledaig10, try to do a blind testing, ledaig10, lag16, and others….you will be surprised
Hey, I’m a Islay peat head, you need to stock Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength and Ardbeg Corryvreckan in your home bar, you can still get Laphroaig batch 012 on the internet for only $15 over retail and it’s a masterpiece, it’s stunning 👍
Love PEAT! My wife says if it does not smell like a Sharpie marker, I don’t want to drink it. (But I drink lots of other Scotch, Irish, Rye, and Bourbon.) Another one I like and would add is Laphroaig Càirdeas (pronounced Car Chuss) aged in Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks. The only one of yours that I have not tasted is the Laphroaig Lore.
KURT!!!! This is a great video!! Peated Scotch is def in my blind spot. I really need to broaden my Scotch horizon and get with some Peated Whiskeys!!! CHEERS!!!!
Not for everyone but I find it very enjoyable! If you are new to scotch try the Glenmorangie 10 yr. A good friend of mine recommended that bottle to me as a starter and I couldn’t agree more! Enjoy my friend!
Locking forward to try the Uigeadail. My first meeting with peated whisky was the Talisker 10. Took me about 3 sips to fell in love with the peat. If you haven’t tried the Caol Ila 12, you should. To me it´s almost as good as Lagavulin 16 for a much better price. At least where I live.
I'm surprised Ardbeg 10 yr wasn't on your list. At $55 it's steal! Also I recently picked up a bottle of Port Askaig 8 yr. It's a blend but it is a wonderful pour.
The first one I ever tried was Lagavulin 16 and I loved it. I have tried some Ardbeg and Laphroaig were a little over the top for me. Definitely takes some getting used to. Try the Lagavulin 11, it is also pretty tasty !! I visited the distillery on 2013 and if you ever get the chance it is worth the trip !!
Lagavulin is expense near you. Goes for about $80 in my area. I love all the bottles you showed but I would swap out the Lore for Wee Beastie since it is quite a bit cheaper. My favorite is octomore and supernova. I just picked up an Ardbeg Hypernova and I plan to crack it open soon.
I love your selections Kurt, Ardbeg and Port Charlotte are among my all time favorites, I think if life on planet earth was about to be ended a giant meteor I would be hanging out on my back deck with a big cigar and my bottle of Ugeadial. Trenton you really need to get up to speed on this stuff.. bourbon and Rye whiskeys are great but these peated scotch's are a whole other level!
Great list of pleated scotches. My son enjoys Lagavulin 16. It isn't my favorite. It turned me off to pleated whiskey for a while. Once I discovered Ardbeg and Port Charlotte, I was hooked on peat.
I think Talisker 10 is the most accessible Scotch here(or anywhere?). It's got the all the Islay Scotch maritime spirit, complexity and long finish, but keeps the possibly offensive notes in the background. Ardbeg is certainly interesting, but I get tennis-balls tinge in there that spoils the fun and thats kinda how it goes for me with others except Talisker - it's great...except some medicinal or industrial note. Sidenote - 1.5oz Schivas12 + 0.5oz Talisker10 makes for a hell of an Old Fashioned.
Well done as always, have them all except the “lore” , PC is my fav under $60 & love ardbeg like you. ❤️ from GR MI., heading to south bend + triangle liquors next week
Kurt, we share a similar love of Islay and Wild Turkey. My only dissent would be the Laphroaig Lore (10 is better IMHO). I would pick up a bottle of Corryvrecken before the Lore for a similar price. That said...the Uigy is my absolute favorite whisky. Love the channel!
I've only tried a few peated scotches but Uigeadail has kind of made it hard for me to branch out. Not that the others I've had are bad but the Oogie is just that good imo
Ardbeg 10 is my favorite. Laphroig cask was a bit disappointing...short finish. Port Charlotte was sweet, with a gret long burn finish. lagavulin 16 is a solid, smooth choice.
