No 1 is a shocker | Top 7 Affordable Straight forward Peaty Whiskies
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2024
- It's a list today, guys. These are all great peaty whiskies with fair price tags. They're also straight-forward, meaning not relying too much on casks. It's the smoky distillate doing all the talking here, and it's budget friendly! Cheers!
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It's a shame that you haven't bigger subscribe number. I like your videos, easy to digest, to the point, with the twist of humor. Keep up the good work.
Quite possibly the most flattering comment ever. Thank you! 🙏
I fully agree on kilchoman, I find it a little citrusy and fresh, less medicinal than others from Islay... Good for summer! 😎🥃
Lagg is amazing. One of the best whisky's I've had. Must have for any peat fans
3rd Torabhaig bottling on its way to market! The Altt Gleann is now my go-to due to the great value. It’s a bonfire next to the ocean! Maritime and Smokey!
I bought a bunch of bottles because it’s being discontinued in my market.
Great list. Yeah that Kilmory is super promising.
Totally. Already love the stuff. Can't wait to try it with a bit more age. Cheers Phil! 🥃
Great list, i own several will look out for the rest. The yoichi is a cracking dram👍
Hey Geoff!
Meikle Toir, (peated Glenallachie) should definitely be on the list. Idk if you tried it yet but It's wonderful stuff, the original (the one I tried) is not very cask dominant and is young but complex at the same time.
Very affordable and amazing dram.
if one were to bring me a nicely wrapped box....with its cargo none other than 1 each of these presentations youve lauded herein...i would ne'er make it past the tears to me flat
Solid list my friend, I have had most and love them all! Thank you for sharing.
Looking forward to try the Lagg! Cheers
Lagg Kilmory is a great choice for Number One... I like that Yoichi too!
Bought a bottle of Lagg and a bottle Glenglassaugh Portsoy six weeks ago and the Lagg is by far my favourite. Spritely yet dirty.
Another vote for Port Charlotte, but I’d agree Quarter Cask is good value Laphroaig, and Wee Beastie is raw Ardbeg - great stuff. Arrans Machir Bay is ok as a cask strength too, but Ledaig probably bests it.
I really like the Benriach Smoke Season. The Meikle Toir Original is good but the youth is apparent like the Lagg.
Some good picks there Geoff. A few I haven't tried, but I do like the Ledaig, Kilchoman, and Lagavulin. Cheers!
Loch Lomond Inchmoan 12 is another good bang for buck Peated whisky imo. It’s hard to beat at that price in TW (I think I paid less than NTD 900 for a bottle which is a steal)
I haven't had a proper bottle of that, although I have sampled it. It's one I should pick up and spend some time with. Cheers! 🥃
I absolutely love Torabhaig (picked up a bottle on my trip to Scotland). Unfortunately you can't find it in my home state of Oregon.
Yeah it seems a lot of these newer distilleries are tough to find in wider markets. We don't have it in Taiwan, either. 🥃
Good choice mr. Geoff : ) Cheers !
I’ve gotta try the Lagg. Intriguing descriptors.
I haven't tried the Lagg, Wee Beastie, or the honourable mention. For me the Lagavulin 8 was very disappointing. That might because I was expecting it to be peat dominant but I found it very distillate dominant. The others I agree with although I would have a different order.
I also think Lagg is really underrated, but I can understand people that don't like it, I would not describe it as accessible or specially pleasant lol. This one, Torabhaig and Raasay are the only three new distilleries I really have high hopes for... but specially Lagg. It is such a manly, rugged, out there and wild profile.
Anyway, nice video, I'm surprised you didn't include Port Charlotte 10, but I agree with the whole list tbh.
Btw, did you try Old Ballantruan 10 or any Meikle Tòir? I think they are absolutely fantastic. Meikle Tòir The Original went straight up to my favorites, and Old Ballantruan 10 is, in my opinion, a hidden gem in plain sight.
Thanks for the condolences Geoff. I like Ledaig 10, Longrow peated, Ardbegs, 5, 10 & Ugi, Lagavulin 8 is a great bottle too. I have had bottles of Laphroaig QC over the years so will give others a chance. As for your mystery pour, I like Miyagikyo which is a non-peated sibling of Yoichi. Those are great 7.
New to your channel but really enjoying your content mate 👍🏼
Thank you for watching. Much appreciated! 🙏🥃
Great list Geoff….and #1 did shock me (I really need to get a bottle of that). I would have had Ledaig 10 at #1 or 2. Also, I gotta throw in Ardnamurchin AD/ for summertime peat along with Machir Bay. Thanks for the video my friend. Great content.
What?! A RUclips peaked whisky list, and no Port Charlotte in sight? Am I dreaming?!
I would strongly recommend trying Torabhaig Batch Strength. I do like standard expression and for a few dollars more :D batch strength elevates to a higher level.
Most of the whiskies on the list deserve being there apart from We beastie which I didn't like at all and I would swap it for Miekle Toir.
great choices....never seen the Lagg...so will keep an eye out for it. Not a fan of the Machir Bay, but love all the others on your list!
Probabilistically true on affordability. Nice vid ! (( Lagg may be the new Ledaig ))
Interesting your comment on batch variation in Ardbeg's core range as the last bottle of 10y I purchased seemed well short of previous bottles I'd experienced. Will definitely seek out a Lagg which I haven't tried. Thanks
Thanks. Ledaig 10 is great! I've had many peated whiskies of a similar price range, but this one is the cheapest (around $30 at my local liquor shop) yet this one is rich in flavour and has a nice oaky aftertaste. Not to mention the un-chill filtered and natural colour
My list of 5 whiskies would share your picks of Ledaig 10, Lagavulin 8, and the Ardbeg 5 Wee Beastie. I add the Kilkerran Heavy Peat and the Kilchoman Sanaig.
What is that glass? Its super cool
I tried the Lagg, it is excellent. It was the outstanding whisky from me at a tasting event. I definitely plan to buy a bottle. The guys at Arran really know what they’re doing.
Glad you like it. Damn good stuff for the age! 🥃
:-D another good list. Each whiskey is an excellent choice. (PC10 might still fit here). The order would be different for me (No. 1 is zero surprises: Ardbeg 10 - tailor-made suit). Lagg Distillery makes some really great stuff (Corriecravie is my favourite).
Hi Geoff! Awesome list, and one more i'd pick: Wolfburn Morven NAS. Thx the super vids. 🙂🥃
I tried that once at a show and liked it. I need to get a proper bottle and spend some time with it. Thanks for watching! 🥃
Thanks Geoff. Think you made this especially for me: Peathead and Dutch. 😂
Needless to say a great list, although my sequence is different than yours....
Slàinte mhath
Love the Torabhaig Allt Gleann. I think it’s one of the most exciting peated malts there is for under £50. Need to try the cask strength version ASAP, although I’m also really excited about the new Port Charlotte 18. 😄
I was excited about Port Charlotte 18 until I saw the price…
Jeebus, why?
@@elduderino3120 yeah, I know. I guess because it’s port Charlotte 18. One of the few that for me at least can justify a higher price. I also recently had the little Brown Dog Port Charlotte 18. Absolutely beautiful. A peaty bruiser, no doubt, but a delicate side to it which was very unexpected. Worth seeking out too.
What do you think of the Ailsa bay?
Longrow is still findable on shelves at retail. The last 3 whisky shop I've been in have all had plenty Longrow. It seems like Longrow has been over looked by the Springbank scalpers, which is a bit of a silver lining given the general shortage from that distillery.
1:02 -- I do appreciate the suggestion, Geoff, but in America there are quite a few people who would actually appreciate being called "pop tart". I think I could count myself among them.
Good stuff. I am drinking Yoichi Grande (travel exclusive) as I watch this. Definitely worth a try. Older and peatier than the regular, in Japan just $70 duty free.
Very good budget friendly list!Hmmm what about benromach peat smoke? And kilkerran heavily peated? For me they suits it as well. Greetings from Poland
I agree with the entire list, the only whisky which i would perhaps add to this list, altough it might nog even fit the list is;
The ultimate staosha bunnahabhain 2013.
Amazing whisky and it's around €45,- so fairly cheap. Independed bottler so not super easy to find.
Finlaggan CS always surprise me how good it is for the price. It's around 40€ in my market
At some point I should do the same lost but for mystery malts (80% of which will just be Caol Ila). 🥃
Hey Geoff
I just had the Lagg and the Lagavulin 8 delivered to me this week. Picked up both in your recommendation. Looking forward to trying them . Really great list and fun choices there hehe
Enjoy your weekend my friend!
Slainte 🥃🥃
Haha awesome. You'll definitely have to let me know your thoughts buddy! 🥃🥃🥃
How could you drink industrial oil?
Getting old. Good for the joints. 🥃
1st 😅 wasn't expecting that one as number one. Sadly it's not available here yet. I loved kilchoman too.
Confirmed! 🥃
Interesting list, still trying to get me head around the Lagg as it is so unusual to my palate
It's definitely quite different. 🥃
Great list. I was surprised by how good the Lagavulin 8 is. And I definitely prefer Laphroaig QC over the standard 10yo. Haven’t tried Lagg yet and now I’m very intrigued 🥃
Just be prepared for something very "young and industrial." Hope you can track down a bottle and enjoy it! 🥃
I am a huge fan of the Port Charlotte 10 and the Torabhaig (46% ABV) is superb. Interesting list which I concur with, in the main. However, I might have tried to squeeze the Benromach Contrasts Peat Smoke in
The PC10 was a consideration, but I felt it had too strong of a wine cask influence to be included, although it might have still fit. Benromach Peat Smoke is interesting, but I didn't connect with it as much as a lot of others seem to. Cheers Rupert and thanks for watching! 🥃
Fair points. Another good vid 👍
great picks but i would have machir bay at one do love kilchoman
I do have to agree, I was shocked by the weird sex toy. I did not see that coming.
at least two of the list I gonna find&try here, in China ;)
I would have added the kilchoman sanaig. Thanks for the list! The Yoichi is a hammer whisky as well. Cheers
The Sanaig is pretty full-on with the sherry, though. Was going for minimal cask influence here. Cheers buddy! 🥃
Great list Geoff, like them all, totally fond of the Lagavulin 8. Quite surprised there’s no Ardnamurchan in your list ??
Some Kilkerran’s too maybe ? (work in progress or 12.. the 8’s are so hard to find and off budget)
Sorry, I meant Kilkerran Heavily peated Batches, not Work in Progress. Affordable and peaty, though not really widely available
Solid list!! Have you ever tried Finlaggan. I always recommend this indi bottler for a nice and cheap peaty whisky.
Finlaggan is good! 🥃
Great list but didn't expect number one. Young peat - there's so much competition.
And it tastes young. Definitely not going to be for everyone but I think it's an exceptional character. 🥃
Ok, number 1 did shock me. I don't think it's for me though based on the descriptions. Will check out the Ledaig based on your reco as I've not had that yet
Boom my whisky of the year beat yours 😂 Solid list Geoff that Lagg is a beauty and I love the Longrow peated, straightforward peat fest, cheers 🥃
Yeah that was an unexpected WotY but I get why you chose it. Absolutely delicious. 🥃
Loch Lomond Peated Grain is the best priced heavily peated whisky with minimal cask influence for me
Hi Geoff, awesome list, some of my go to peated drams here ( five are on my shelves at this moment in time). No Caol Ila 12? A bottle I visit from time to time. Slàinte Geoff 🥃
Hi David. CI12 was just pushed out by the Torabhaig. It was slated to be an honourable mention initially. Cheers! 🥃
All good picks matey, Port Askaig 8 yr can save you money on the Lag 8 yr;-)
I'm still highly recommending Scarabus NAS (46%) for about $35 USD and Scarabus Batch Strength (58%) for about $45. Both are most likely sub-5yo Caol Ila, but both are really good and well worth buying.
Ah yeah I didn't really consider the "mystery malts." Maybe an idea for another list at some point, eh? 🥃
@@Gwhisky "Top 10 Mystery Malts" has a nice ring to it 👍
@@Gwhisky Sone others on this list might include Port Askaig, Big Peat, Smokey Joe, Wemyss Peat Chimney, Compass Box The Peat Monster and their Glasgow Blended Scotch.
@@MrChristopherMolloy Damn I need to get researching...
IMHO Ardbeg 10 and 5 are so much different. I was very disappointed with the 5, and the 10 is one of my goto pours. Great list!
Aw Port Charlotte 10 didn't make the list! That's one of my favourite drams and affordable. Still there's some whiskys I've yet to try so thank you. 👍🏾😃🙌🏾
That price has gone up quite a bit in my area. I think that’s why it missed the list.
@Dustyphoto915 yea you're right. It used to be £45 in the UK. Just checked and its gone up to £54 now.
Hate to be the guy griping about availability but I don't think I've ever seen Lagg in the US, period. Maybe some day!
Yeah their stuff is just a few years old. I'm sure they'll be expanding into the US at some point, although I have no idea when. 🥃
Great video. Happy to see that Caskrobatics made it in there 😂
Lol I'm always taking notes in the comments section. 😉🥃
@@Gwhisky can't beat a good portmanteau... even on whisky tube
Scarabus. Which I believe is young Caol Ila. It's better to my palate than Ardbeg 5 & 10, Laphroaig and Lagavulin 8. A solid value peat bomb.
Arran 10 is one of my all-time favorites. Would LOVE to try the Lagg Kilmory. Is it even distributed to the US, yet?
I'm not sure, but most Americans in the comments don't seem to have access, so it's possible that not yet... 😬
Connemara would be an obvious choice. There are others as well. Talisker 10, Big Peat 12, Port Charlotte 10, Caol Ila 12.
Think I’ve been watching too many of your reviews. I own a bottle of the LQC, both Ledaig’s and the Wee Beastie! 😂
Have you tried the Amrut peated Indian? Really budget friendly!
To me Bunnahabhain Toiteach A Dhà would be a good choice too.... 😢 Maybe next time! 😉
Do you have a special unopened (scotch) collection? Or do you just purchase and pop?
What's up Geoff, 家樂福 has the Port Charlotte 10 for 1100-1200ntd at the moment. If i ever run into you on the streets of Taipei, hope we can have a dram, cheers!
That's a great price for it. Maybe I should pick one up. And if you see me, feel free to say hi! 🥃
Why attack Australia like that? Yes you are completely correct, but it still hurts! I'm going to have to drown my sorrows by drinking an over-priced whisky.
One thing I could add to your list is Bunnahabhain Cruach Mhona, which I believe was a travel exclusive. Really nice bacony notes
Good one. Crauch Mhona is good stuff! Those taxes hit hard down there, eh?
I will travel to Taipei this year, which whisky store you recommend to visit 🙏🏻
Try "Top Whisky Inn." 🥃
"Swifty" as a term of verbal abuse HAHAHAHA -- man, you're so brave!
I predicted Port Charlotte 10 would probably be on the list somewhere. I must be losing my touch!
I thought about including it but for me there's a fair amount of wine cask influence in it. 🥃
Any particular reason why Port Charlotte 10 was not in this list? The last one I bought on Amazon for 55 euros.
Great stuff, but for me the wine cask influence is quite noticeable. 🥃
5th. No Port Charlotte?
Absolutely love PC10. For me the wine casks are quite noticeable, though, so I didn't think it fit the premise. 🥃
@@Gwhisky Makes sense because I to was surprised it wasn't on the list.
Perhaps you consider the affordable Costco's Kirkland Signature Islay at C$59.99? Hmmmm??
Benriach smokey 10, Oban 14, Port Charlotte 10
I think it's a list with ex bourbon casks only
The Oban is only VERY gently peated, and PC10 has a bit too much wine influence imo to taste "straight-forward." That said, both excellent drams. The Benriach Smoky 10 could have been included, but it was edged out by the others. Cheers! 🥃
Dammit Geoff, now you made me order Longrow. $57 in my market (South Africa)
Not bad. 🥃
There isn’t a big production of white Port and since with Port or Madeira there is no such thing of seasoned casks only built to mature whisky using poor quality wine that isn’t suitable to be bottled, wich is the case of sherry, don’t expect to find many white Port matured whiskies.
LAGG is so good for me, not prefer 'chemical' peat smoke of Islay.
I haven't tasted LEDAIG, wondering if it is chemical or not🤔
being that youre based in taiwan, why not review more TAIWANESE WHISKYS?! like the OMAR PEATED wouldve been a great mystery pour. or the kavalan peated? you can even find the omar peated in select familymarts in the small 50ml bottles!
I love Taiwanese whisky in general, but I didn't like that peated Omar, unfortunately. 🥃
Great list, althought I’d put Ardbeg 10 as my number one (boring, I know ;)). But where is Port Charlotte 10? Too expensive or too caskrobatic?
Haha the latter. I get a fair amount of wine cask influence in PC10, so I figured I'd leave it out. 🥃
Fair enough😄 Cheers mate🥃
State controlled sucks so much man... I can only get Ardbeg 10, 5 and Laphroaig QT cask here and the Quarter cask is the priciest of the 3 lol.
Ouch!
Paul John Bold
First place must be Caol Ila 12. Everyone forgot about this destillery.
It was going to be an honourable mention, but the Torabhaig just beat it out. Still good stuff. 🥃
@@Gwhisky Yes, but Caol Ila is a Legend. Impossible that it didnt get into your list.
@@alifakes7963 Note that everything on the list has an ABV of at least 46%, which is part of the reason I prefer them. While I love the flavour in CI12, it can be a bit underpowered imo. All a matter of taste! 🥃
@@Gwhisky Yeah , in case of abv I also dont understand why they (Diageo products) still dont change towards the market. So port Askage 8 years also very cheap, and it is Caol Ila on 46ABV.
@@alifakes7963 Yeah Port Akaig is good stuff. I'm thinking of doing a list on undisclosed Islay whisky rankings. Could be a fun one. 🥃
I see how Port Charlotte 10 wouldn't be included if Ledaig Rioja was disqualified.. Cool and surprising #1 which coincidentally gets launched in my socialist country next week, and yes, sucking it up.
Haha well played. 😉🥃
I would not put the lagg anywhere near this list, it just felt incomplete to me. The torabhaig batch strength was excellent though, wiped the floor with the ardbeg 13 anthology in the same tasting
Hah yeah Lagg is VERY take-it-or-leave-it. Young and rugged but I'm enamoured. Really gotta try that Torabhaig CS. I liked the Ardbeg 13, but not for the price. Cheers. 🥃
Rioja is pronounced 'Ree-ock-ah'. You're welcome 😉
RIP to me.
I think the lowest I've seen Longrow NAS for in the US is $90
Eesh! It's about USD $60 here. 🥃
Yeah. I'd really like to see Springbank ditch Pacific Edge for U.S. distribution.
I’d like to see a bottle of Springbank 10 - live in Scotland and never seen a bottle for sale - mythical like the Unicorn
They have US distribution. The demand is just too high for supply. We only get a brief window to buy the stuff here, too, before it's all gone.
under 50 Euros in Germany and the Netherlands. Sorry.
The sad part is Lagavulin is $100+ dollars, making it not really affordable.
Ah that's too much!
Did Geoff not color key his video, did he dye his hair red or is he transitioning to Raggedy Ann?
Lighting. Lol no idea how to colour key. 😂
PC 10 out of this list???😮
I thought about it, but I often get quite a noticeable wine influence from it... 🥃
Scotch is affordable nowadays?
Not really. False advertising. 😂
@@Gwhisky The algorithm must be appeased. Good choices.