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Ardbeg distillery produces one of the heaviest, peatiest malts likely to be encountered

TASTE - An initial moderate and clean sweetness of deep peat notes, with tobacco smoke and strong espresso coffee, which then gives way to treacle sweetness and liquorice.The mouthfeel is firstly lightly spiced, then chewing, and mouthwatering and full, finally drying.
FINISH - Long and smoky. A smoky sweetness is left on the palate, with a crushed peat and sweet-malted cereal character. (DISTILLER'S TASTING NOTES)

This premium expression has been created from specially selected casks from 1990, 1993 plus much older, sherry cask-matured Ardbeg. The resulting malt is true to the 'house style' but with an additional luscious richness.

One of 312 bottles.
Nose: Initially soft, before the anticipated tar and leather.
Palate: Soft, aromatic and fruity - runs to phenolics.
Finish: Tar,creosote,Leather,Runs long and dry.

1 of 145 bottles filled from Cask.
Bottled at 29 years old.
Only 1 bottle left.

Bowmore Distillery has been nestled on the shoreline of Loch Indaal for over 200 years in the village by the same name.
Slightly sweet with some heather, smoke and spice.
Finish Quite long with some smoke and a trace of salt.

Douglas Laing & Co
Old malt Cask 'cigar malt'
9 Years old Sherry Cask
Tasting notes
Nose Dark, round,sweet and peaty. Palate full,phenolic and smoked.

Douglas Laing & Co
Bottled at 25 years old

Bowmore Distillery has been nestled on the shoreline of Loch Indaal for over 200 years in the village by the same name.
Big and chewy with the sherry and the peat in perfect harmony the balance is quite stunning.

Bowmore Distillery has been nestled on the shoreline of Loch Indaal for over 200 years in the village by the same name.
Nose Atlantic beaches subtle malt sweetness, Palate: Peat marine notes, oak, burnt sugar BIG AND BOLD! Are you

(Brook-laddie)Bruichladdich Distillery was constructed in 1881
Light and fresh best enjoyed with a little spring water to help release the full depth and flavour.

Jim McEwans Moine Mhor ('moyn-iar-vore' the Gaelic for 'The Big Peat') is the second edition of 3D "The Peat Proposal" - but with more peat and a higher strength.

MacPhails Collection
This very light (for an Islay) whisky owes its character to the fact that the spring water is drawn before it runs "over and through" the well-known Islay malt.

The abnormally light (for an Islay) whisky owes its character to the fact that the spring water is drawn before it runs "over and through" the well-known Islay malt.
Tasting notes
Deep shiny gold, fragrant sea air, polished wood. Light to medium firm, very full flavour.

Distilled Autumn 1998
Bottled Winter 2010
DMG Ref: 5812

The nose is elegant and fresh with fragrant strawberries and fruit candy. It's slightly ily body carries the same fresh fruity palate with a sweet creamy "dulce de leche" character. The finish is soft, delicately spiced and runs to an orange-tang.

(pronounced "cull-eela")It is an excellent Islay malt coveted by single malt connoisseurs everywhere. As a single malt, Caol Ila is very rare. It could be found only in independent bottlings until as recently as 1988.
Nose, aromatic fragrant peat smoke. Palate, peaty, spicy. Finish, long and warming.

An excellent Islay malt coveted by single malt connoisseurs everywhere. As a single malt, Caol Ila is very rare. It could be found only in independent bottlings until as recently as 1988.

Clinging to Islay's remote shores in a cove near Port Askaig, Caol Ila has benefited since 1846 from the finest mountain water supply on the island.
This white gold 21 year old has all the powerful aromas, smooth body, roasted pepper flavour and intensely fragrant, dry finish of what some say is Islay's most appetising malt.

Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2008
93 points
What he says
One of the rare un oily versions and worth investigating for it's delicate but unrestricted beauty. A recent Caol Ila Classic.

Lagavulin Distillery claims to have had its beginning as far back as 1742. The modern version was built about 1816-24 on, or near, the site of several illicit stills.
Extraordinarily perfumed peaty aromas reveal a viscous mouth feel with a sweet sherry note on entry and complex dry island flavours lingering on the finish.

1991
Pedro Ximenex Finish
distillery history
Lagavulin Distillery claims to have had its beginning as far back as 1742. The modern version was built about 1816-24 on, or near, the site of several illicit stills.

Tasting notes
Extraordinarily perfumed peaty aromas reveal a viscous mouth feel with a sweet sherry note on entry and complex dry island flavors lingering on the finish all this reinfoced by the fruity richness of pedro ximenez

The distillery is located on the coast of Islay, about a mile from Port Ellen. It has always been, and probably always will remain, a most controversial single malt.
COLOUR: Full - refractive - gold
NOSE: Phenolic - seaweedy - very peaty with a hint of sweetness.
BODY: Medium and oily.
PALATE: Richly smoky, fully peated with a hint of salty-sweetness.
FINISH : Lingering and unique. (Distillers tasting notes)

Awarded Best Single Malt in the World in 2005 by Whisky Magazine, Original Cask Strength Laphroaig is bottled at natural distillery strength with all the depth of genuine taste and texture normally associated with sampling whisky at source.

Douglais Laing & co
One of 525 bottles.
Matured in Sherry cask.
Nose: Seaweed, salt, malt and oak.
Palate: Immediate peat, followed by salt, pepper and smoke.
Finish: Long, smoky and salty.

A douglas Laing Old Malt Cask bottling.
Bottled at 25 years old (new style bottle).