Ardbeg Uigeadail vs Laphroaig Lore

Welcome back to another fine pairing of two single malts, with the purpose of teasing out those minute details and comparing the tiny differences when tasting them side-by-side. Today’s pairing is a favourite among the followers of these words. And it’s actually a second take! You see, my previous attempt at comparing the Ardbeg Uigeadail […]

Laphroaig 10 vs Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength (Batch 12)

Welcome back to another fine pairing of two single malts, with the purpose of teasing out those minute details and the tiny differences when tasting them side-by-side. Today, I am particularly excited to taste one of my favourite drams from Laphroaig, but, as you have already keenly observed, one is a “standard” bottling at [only] […]

Laphroaig 16-Year-Old vs Laphroaig 18-Year-Old

I finally took a complete stock of my current whisky collection, and as it stands, I have somewhere 50+ bottles that are _open_. Yes, the total count is somewhere north of 150 [not counting the bottles I am storing at a warehouse, following my auction wins], and on about a third of them, I’ve popped […]

Port Askaig and Elements of Islay Tasting

Last night I went to [another] tasting hosted to Soho’s Milroy’s showcasing Elixir Distillers‘ two Scotch whisky brands: Port Askaig and Elements of Islay. I was initially going to compare these side by side and cover them as a regular writeup on here [after all, this is the concept behind these musings], but since instead […]