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quarter MOA visionary |
As a new Scotch drinker I am trying different ones and sometimes I crave the Peat vs some of the other smother Scotches such as Mcallen (which I like too  ). On the Peaty side I just finished a bottle of Ardbeg 10 > LOVED IT. So I picked up a bottle of Coal Ila 12 > It's good but not as intense as the Ardbeg. That's OK too and I like it. So what are your favorites? I have not tried the other Ardbegs such as the An Oa,Uigeadail or Corryvreckan but heard they are pretty good. So what say you Peat-heads? Cheers!  | ||
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| Something wild is loose  |
Laphroaig - cask strength (or not!). I own part of the island!  "And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day" | |||
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Striker in waiting |
Anything from Jura will not disappoint you. -Rob I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888 A=A | |||
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Hop head  |
just bought a bottle of Caol Ila yesterday, like it alot https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/ | |||
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Oban | |||
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In Odin we trust |
ME TOO! HAHA! But seriously, for peaty goodness there is Laphroaig & then everyone else, in my opinion. Ardbeg is ok, and Lagavulin is good, but in more limited situations (in my opinion). Another really good peaty whisky is the Bowmore range, especially the 15 year old "Darkest". Caol Ila (pronounced Cull EE-lah) is also pretty good, though it's not super complex, what's there is very tasty. It's used in almost all blended Scotches (Johnnie Walkers, Dewars, etc). _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than omnipotent moral busybodies" ~ C.S. Lewis | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
lagavulin Nom nom nom nom Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Talisker Ardbeg Uigeadail | |||
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Oban, talisker, lagavulin but my favorite is laphroaig 10 year. | |||
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| I've always been Crazy! kept me from goin Insane! |
Laphroaig is about as peaty as it gets. Lagavulin 16 is my go to for when I need to be punished. My wife says I tend to pour the really peaty stuff when my day was so good I need to be punished. Like the monks of old would flog themselves. -------------------------------------------------------------- Harrison Shooter Supply FFL 07 SOT I am the member formerly known as "Southernmaninla". | |||
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I generally do not like peaty - but I do like Oban. Wouldn't consider it as such. "No matter where you go - there you are" | |||
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I like Oban but Laphroaig is like drinking iodine to me for some reason. Maybe the same issue as Cilantro tasting like dawn detergent. Regards, P. | |||
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| The Quiet Man |
Laphroaig Cask Strength. Lagavulin 16. | |||
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| A man's got to know his limitations  |
Laphroaig Quarter Cask is my favorite but all Laphroaig Scotch is pretty good. And yes I like to get every last drop out of the bottle.   "But, as luck would have it, he stood up. He caught that chunk of lead." Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." Clarence Worley | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
This ^^^^^ "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Lagavulin. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Loves His Wife |
I too really enjoy Ardbeg 10 as well as Lagavulin. Laphroig certainly sets the bar for peat and while I can appreciate the quality, I just haven’t sprung for a bottle yet even though it’s pretty reasonable. All in all I’ve got to be in the mood for an Islay but I’ve yet to taste one that I don’t like. Not a peat but my wife picked up a nice Speyside bottle for me for our Anniversary, a BenRiach 12 triple sherry cask. It’s one of only 18 bottles in the state of MN. I am not BIPOLAR. I don't even like bears. | |||
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| Dividing by zero since 1966  |
I like a good peat bog, though I tend to prefer a sherry finish most days. I like Lagavulin 16 year most, it is perfectly balanced. But I have liked Ardbeg, Laphraoig, and Oban too. I think Talisker 10 is another really good balance. Lagavulin will be my main peated Scotch. | |||
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Trophy Husband |
Peaty scotch is not for every one. It truly is an acquired taste. For example, the first time I tried Talisker it tasted like mecurochome, with a hint of brake fluid. CW | |||
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| Hop head |
it is not, all cilantro tastes like soap to me, but I like Laphroaig https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/ | |||
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