Meet the New Contenders

The boys picked up some new bottles last night. The Aardmore was not as peaty/salty as the Laphroig, and similar to the Highland Park. It was quite good with barbecue chips too. The Ileach was more similar to the Laphroig, but smoother and without that medicinal taste. But it was too light, too. There's a rumor that it's unaged Lagavulin (as in, not 12- or 18-years old but in fact, younger than that), so that would make sense.

This time I sampled and while I was all right with the Aardmore, I wasn't thrilled with the Ileach. The boys, however, were quite satisfied with their new acquisitions and deemed them "top five" material.