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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 3993930, member: 1414"] Lagavulin 16 is nice. It's very "smooth", no real sharp edges and the age and low proof helps keep it that way. I liked the Lagavulin 12 better for sure, but it's way too expensive now. Nearly everything from Laphroaig is more of a kick in the teeth, too often with medicinal phenols, but I like most Cairdeas expressions that soften those. Wee Beastie is certainly more aggressive than the Lagavulin 16, younger, higher proof. But the sherry cask influence makes it more fun than the 10 in my opinion. Caol Ila is a sister distillery to Lagavulin, using the same malt, but distilling differently. The Lagavulin 8 will get closer to the Laga 16 than Caol Ila 12 does, and is much cheaper. All of these are different. I get kind of a campfire smoke from Lagavulin. Laphroaig is less wood smoky, and more dried seaweed on fire with the medicinal and iodine phenols. Ardbeg has that BBQ smoked meat profile and a hint of burnt rubber or tar. Port Charlotte (and Octomore even more so), have heavy wood smoke, some rubber, but that over simplifies it. Hazelburn is lots of earthy fall leave fire smoke and also a funky umami profile. That just scratches the surface really, there is peated Scotch outside of the Islands and Campbelltown. The phenols from peat dried barley in Scotch are pretty interesting. [URL='https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/9293/phenol-fables-peat-s-secrets-uncovered/']Phenol fables: peat’s secrets uncovered | Scotch Whisky[/URL] [URL='https://www.matthewfergussonstewart.com/whisky101/peated-whisky-phenols/']Matthew Fergusson-Stewart | Peated Whisky and Phenols (matthewfergussonstewart.com)[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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