Help For A Peat Head

[Single Malt Singleton]

I absolutely love peaty whiskies & have tried Bunnahabhain, Lagavulin & Laphroaig but was wondering if anyone could give me some other options preferably within the £60-£100 range and/or just peaty whiskies in general.

[Crane]

Have you tried what Ardbeg has to offer, take a look at Ardbeg 10, Corryvreckan and also Uigeadail If you like a sherried peaty whisky.

Moving away from Islay have you tried Talisker, not as in your face with the peat as the likes of Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg but there range of whiskies is excellent, The Talisker 10 is very good and the Talisker 18 year old is outstanding.

[Alexppp]

Ardbeg is a a must for peatheads - the 10 year old is less than £60 as well The Uigeadail and Corryvreckan are well within your price range too. Staying in Islay, you could try Port Charlotte Scottish Barley, Kilchoman Machir Bay or Caol Ila 12 (or indeed other expressions from Port Charlotte, Kilchoman and Caol Ila).

From other areas, Talisker and Highland Park are also peated but less than the Islay heavyweights - and also they have a different kind of peat. Finally, one of my personal favourite peated whiskies at the moment is Benriach 17 Septendecim, which is a peated Speyside.

[Mark]

If you want peated then look at Octomore which is produced by Bruichladdich, the Octomore Edition 7.1 is still available at The Whisky Exchange for £99.95 and it is a superb very heavily peated whisky.

[James T]

Personally I very much enjoy Highland Parks style of peat, it is different and less peated than some of the big hitting Islay malts but it offers more than just peat, the Highland Park 18 is in your price range and is a favourite of mine, so is the Talisker range of whiskies.

[Quaich1]

I would suggest Compass Box The Peat Monster Malt Scotch Whisky (a vatted malt) 46%abv which is less expensive ( around 42 pounds) than your listed price range. It is a very good dram for the money. I quite like it. I noticed after the fact that Jim Murray gave this one a score of 94.
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[opelfruit]

For your price you can't go wrong with Ardbeg Uigeadail, or Corryvrecken if you want to spend an extra tenner, as already mentioned.

In terms of more, others have covered off a lot of them. You can look at peated Speys; Benriachs heavily peated range is really good and Benromach also do a peated whisky.

There is also Longrow in Campbelltown which is produced at Springbank and heavily peated. Very good stuff.
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[Danners]

[gfspencer]

Otomore and Peat Monster are both good.

[WinBase]

IMHO its Ardbeg Uigeadail Followed closely by lagavulin then Laphroaig. Enjoy

[sorren]

All the above are great choices but thinking outside the box a little you could try Paul John select casks ( peated ) they don't have that big medicinal peat kick but it is a very good expression and retails around £50-£60 mark ..

[jwbassman]

[sorren]

It does surprise a lot of people just how good it actually is.. just had one of the single casks ( peated) and that was very good but the select casks are my pick 👍

[UsaBatch]

All between 60-100 currently ..
Laphroaig Quater casks - Sweet, smoky TPC - Sounds horrible but I Love it

Lagavulin 16 is peated, Balanced, Smooth. And it is in most peoples 10 malts...

I'd don't Know which of those two I like better, whichever is closer..

Ardbeg 10 and Talisker 10 are both great for the money. Talisker is more subtle but also Works.

And my favourite Peated Whisky just under 100 is the Lagavulin 12 2016 200th edition, but that's pretty hard to find.