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At a certain point I suppose taste is subjective, but Laphroig is definitely not the smokiest or peatiest of the Islay malts.
by surlyadopter 13y ago
At a certain point I suppose taste is subjective, but Laphroig is definitely not the smokiest or peatiest of the Islay malts.
- compare 13y agoThere's a tendency to think that we're all very unique in our preferences, but think about it -- the only way you could really know that, is if you were to already have all of data of what many other people's preferences are. Do we really already know? I study food, fragrance, software and other types of product preferences. In the studies I've done, often people's very subjective preferences (or so we assume) turn out to be highly clustered into just one or two clusters of highly similarly-preferenced people. Sometimes when you'd assume there would be total disagreement, there's actually total preference agreement.
- BadCookie 13y agoThis is super interesting to me. Do you have anything that you can share along these lines?
- KHPatel 13y agoIt is a little subjective. I've always thought Ardbeg has a smokier taste than Laphroig, but a fellow whisky-enthusiast friend of mine thinks the complete opposite. edit: on the post. Very curious to see your thoughts on Talisker and whether it fits the profile the results gave it.
- jrockway 13y agoTalisker, to me, tastes like the "magic smoke" from burning microcontrollers. That's a good thing.
- surlyadopter 13y agoI find Ardbeg (at least the Uigeadail) to be far smokier than Laphroig. The Lagavulin as well. To me the Talisker is quite bland, the sherry flavor really drowned out any peatiness.
- EpicEng 13y agoAgreed. I love the Talisker Storm, but I have a Lagavulin 16 in my hand right now that gives it a run for it's money. Definitely more punch in the smoke and peat departments.
- nsns 13y agoThe elements effecting the taste of a Whiskey are mind-bogglingly complex, e.g. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_aLgTRQjmM&t=10m21s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_aLgTRQjmM&t=10m21s
- EpicEng 13y agoI know, and I love Ralfy's reviews. Can't say my palette is up to his level, but luckily, practicing is fun.
- Bootvis 13y agoThoroughly enjoyed the Talisker 12. Plenty of peatiness there. I recently got a bottle Uigeadail and I might prefer the Talisker which is also cheaper.
- caprad 13y agoI would put a Lagavulin as smokier than a Laphroig, but they are both fantastic whiskeys, and I need to do a lot more testing.
- stan_rogers 13y agoAch, you put an "e" in whisky!
- ajays 13y agoBruichladdich(sp) Octomore is the smokiest in MHO. Ardbeg makes some fine smoky spirits too. Laphroig is close, but no cigar.
- Semaphor 13y agoIMO Laphroaig (why is everyone leaving out the "a"?) is smoky but many are smokier. What Laphroaig brings to the table for me is it's extreme "medical" and "salty" taste.