My Top Scotch picks

Niranjan Prasad
5
th
October, 2014
Ardberg 10 years
The Ardberg 10 yo is a stunning whisky, comparable
to brands selling in excess of $150 (e.g., JW Blue
label)
Tasting notes from various sources are fulsome in
praise! I can vouch for the strong peaty surge of taste,
and I can faintly taste vanilla and a tease of
something tangy for an infinitesimal moment.
Laphroig 10 years
Part of the triumvirate of heavily-peated southern
Islay malts, alongside Ardbeg and Lagavulin,
Laphroaig was founded in 1810 by brothers
Alexander and Donald Johnston .
All throughout, you will be hit by a peaty buzz. In
the background, several flavours jostle iodine,
wood, sugar and spice! See a master review!
Lagavulin
The distillery of Lagavulin officially dates from
1816, constructed by John Jonston and Archibald
Campbell on the island of Islay, Scotland. Lagavulin,
for many the definitive single malt, is arguably the
most intense, smoky and rich whisky of all.
The taste is a prodigious peat flavour with a small
tinkling of fruit in the background ... see an expert
review.
Highland Park, 12 years
Talisker, 10 years
Talisker distillery is an Island single malt Scotch
whisky distillery based in Carbost, Scotland the
only distillery on the Isle of Skye set on the shores of
Loch Harport with dramatic views of the Cuillins.
The distillery was founded in 1830 by Hugh and
Kenneth MacAskill, and built in 1831.
The taste is a powerful peat, with a hint of sea-salt
and burst of pepper! An ideal warm-up! Some expert
tasting notes (1, 2)