so yeah, i of course had to get the bottle out at last and try a dram. damn. what a muscular, james bond, or as my fiancee calls it, odin of whiskies. this is the ardbeg "uigeadail" by the way, whatever that means. it's really frickin close if I had to to choose between this and lagavulin 16 yo. it's a good 56% alcohol so took a bit of water with it. i think lagavulin 16 distiller's edition edges it slightly but impossible to say without doing a head-to-head. if you liked any islay whiskies, if you like smoke and peat, i can recommend this with no caveats. beats the crap out of laphroaig imo for example, but i haven't had enough time with that whisky perhaps to give it a fair opinion.
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