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Originally Posted by Marco
Evening, drinkers of this fine spirit!
I grew up with the smell of my father's favourite whisky, the Laphroaig 12, and always loved its distinct 'smoke & tar'-aroma. Some time ago I started to explore the world of whisky myself, and immediately found a quest: find the smokiest of whiskies.
I've heard that Laphroaig is quite far up the smoke road, together with Lagavulin 16 and Macleods 8. I do appreciate recommendations of really smoky single malts, but I really look for THE smokiest of whiskies, with so much smoke and tar that it tastes like you burned an old shipyard and bottled it!
Thanks.
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Hi,
For burning embers,
ARDBEG 10YO will do the trick. For
standard bottlings of Islay malts,
ARDBEG is the most highly peated at 55 PPM Phenols. ARDBEG does bottle the special release
SUPERNOVA at 100 PPM Phenols.
LAPHROAIG is peated at
40-43 PPM Phenols,
BOWMORE at 20-25 PPM, LAGAVULIN at 35-40 PPM, CAOL ILA 30-35 PPM, and
BRUICHLADDICH standard bottlings at 3-4 PPM ( formerly 8 PPM ). Since its reopening
BRUICHLADDICH has released heavily peated malts;
BRUICHLADDICH Peat with a phenol level at
35 PPM and they have also released 4 cask strength expressions of
PORT CHARLOTTE PC5, PC6, PC7
and PC8 ( designating the age of the malt ) all of which were peated at
40 PPM Phenols.
BRUICHLADDICH has just released a fifth
PORT CHARLOTTE at 46% ABV named An Turas Mor - Gaelic for The Great Journey. BRUICHLADDICH has also experimented and released
4 bottlings of OCTOMORE. The
OCTOMORE bottling of
FUTURES was peated at 80.5 PPM Phenols,
OCTOMORE 2.1 and 2.2 releases peated at 140 PPM each and the
newest release peated at
152 PPM Phenols. BUNNAHABHAIN is the lightest peated of all Islay malts. It's standard bottling is peated at
1-2 PPM Phenols but in 1997
BUNNAHABHAIN began experimenting and have released some special bottlings, releasing the
MOINE ( Scottish Gaelic for PEAT and pronounced MONA as in MONA LISA ) for one of the annual
FEIS ILE and have also sold casks to independent bottlers; one being
SIGNATORY. This malt was
peated at 38 PPM. I have not been able to find the phenol level of the newest Islay malt; KILCHOMAN ( pronounced KIL-HOMAN; the C is silent ) but will post once I find the info. There have been several highland distilleries that have high phenol levels and have bottled. Most notably is
BENRIACH Curiositos and a cask strength bottling and a non-cask strength by
SIGNATORY; followed by
EDRADOUR'S bottling of BALLECHIN, and TOMINTOUL'S bottling of BALLANTRUAN. CAPERDONICH heavily peated malt can be found in independent bottlings, specifically bottled by
THE SINGLE MALTS of SCOTLAND ( Specialty Drinks ).
One more note: You mentioned
Macleods 8-Year-Old; Macleods 8-Year-Old ISLAY happens to be
LAGAVULIN. Thought you might like to know.