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Redbreast 12 and Green Spot are both Single Pot Still Irish whiskeys made at Midleton Distillery, and they're closer in profile than a simple "rich vs. light" framing suggests — they tie on sweetness, fruit, oak, smoke and body in Dram V...

Laphroaig 10 and Caol Ila 12 are both real, unmistakably peated Islay single malts, but they land in almost opposite places on what that peat is supposed to do. Laphroaig 10 Year Old is built around a genuinely medicinal, iodine-like cha...

Ardbeg 10 and Caol Ila 12 are both peated Islay single malts with a lot more in common than a quick glance might suggest — they tie on sweetness, fruit, spice and oak in Dram Verdict's own Flavor Profile, and both are rated "excellent va...

Lagavulin 16 and Laphroaig 10 are two of Islay's most recognizable peated single malts, and both actually carry real medicinal, iodine-like notes somewhere in the glass — but they put that character in very different places. Lagavulin 16...

Ardbeg 10 and Lagavulin 16 are two of Islay's best-known peated single malts, but they sit at very different points in Dram Verdict's own tasting notes and scoring — and not just because one is six years older. Ardbeg 10 Year Old is youn...

Ardbeg 10 and Laphroaig 10 are both 10-year-old, heavily peated Islay single malts that hit the top of Dram Verdict's Smoke/Peat scale — but having tasted both in separate sessions, the short answer is that "which is smokier" is the wron...

Lagavulin 8 and Lagavulin 16 come from the same Islay distillery and share the same peat-forward DNA, but they are not the same whisky wearing two age statements. Having tasted both in separate sessions, the short answer is this: Lagavul...