Best afordable peaty Islay competition. Act. 4: Mature malt

by **Lugarteniente** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:53 pm

-Laphroaig 15
-Ardbeg 17
-Ardbeg NAS 'Airigh Nam Beist'
-Lagavulin 16

by **les taylor** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:54 pm

Something is going on strange here with the posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **vitara7** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:02 am

purly out of those, the ardbeg 17yo if you can find it...

by **peergynt323** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:23 am

Lagavulin slightly edges Laphroaig 15 and Ardbeg ANB. Never had the 17yo. I think for me that wave of fresh peat at the finish is what does it. It's rather exciting.

by **les taylor** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:28 am

Just at the moment and I do think our tastes and opinions change and change back again. I voted for the Ardbeg Beastie. This for me at the moment is a sublime whisky with so much going for it.

by **Wave** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:18 am

My vote goes to Lagavulin 16 as it's been one of my favorites for at least the last decade. The only one of the list I haven't tried is the Beist and that's only because I haven't opened my bottle of it yet. :wink:

Cheers!

by **TheLaddie** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:58 am

If I had loads of money then the Ardbeg 17 would be my choice.

But if you want something that is proper affordable, the Laga 16 is hard to beat.

by **Jan** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:23 am

I voted Ardbeg 17. This has been a favourite of mine for years - to the extent that I have paid £65 & £95 for the two bottles that I have stashed away in a dark corner of my cupboard.

by **Dubois** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:16 am

Lagavulin 16 for me...

by **Nock** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:33 am

I haven't tried a bottle of the Ardbeg 'Airigh Nam Beist'
but they were selling here in Seattle
(if you were lucky enough to buy one before it sold out)
for about $110 a bottle :shock:

Don't really consider that affordable
considering I just picked up a bottle of Brora OMC for $115
and I don't believe that Brora and affordable really belong in the same sentence.

BUT
all that aside I did pick up some of the Ardbeg 17yo at a very reasonable price last year ($60 a bottle)

But my vote will still go with Lagavulin 16yo
which is a great buy at $62 a bottle here in Seattle :wink:

Nock

by **irishwhiskeychaser** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:30 pm

Easy for me this time ....

Lagavulin 16

mmmmmmmm ........

by **Lugarteniente** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:50 pm

How is that posible:

Laphroaig 15, 1 vote, and its mine vote!

Underated malt in those forums. Incredible!

by **irishwhiskeychaser** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:58 pm

Lugarteniente wrote:How is that posible:

Laphroaig 15, 1 vote, and its mine vote!

Underated malt in those forums. Incredible!

The problem with polls is you can only pick one and in all fairness most of the above drams are crackers but abviously people have a major affinity with the Laga 16. It really is nothing against the rest though.

by **karlejnar** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:22 am

Lagavulin 16 - my first ever Islay malt

And also the most affordable of the lot

(Bowmore 17 and Caol Ila 18 are missing)

by **Spirit of Islay** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:42 pm

Not sure i agree with the mature bit of the title but that's just me but once again the Ardie takes the vote .
Where have all the Bowmores , Caol Ilas , Bruichladdichs and Bunnahabhains gone anyway ?

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