The best whiskies
Islay is the island of peat: many of its distilleries dry their barley with smoke and their whiskies taste of bonfire, iodine and the sea. Not all of them, mind you: there are also Islay malts with no peat or very little. Here are the Islay whiskies people like most, from intensely smoky to gentler ones, with their flavour profiles so you can choose without surprises.
We rank the whiskies by the community’s votes (“Love it”, “Like it” or “Don’t like it”), adjusted for how many each one has: that way, two enthusiastic votes don’t jump ahead of two hundred. There are still few votes, so for now the easiest to find in Spain go first. The order never depends on what we earn.
Islay, Scotland
One of the most recognisable whiskies in the world and the perfect example of the Islay style.
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“Es posible que este sea mi whisky favorito. Me parece de lo mejor que hay dentro de los ahumados clásicos de Islay. Y además no se han "ido a la parra" con el precio.”
Islay, Scotland
One of the great Islay classics and one of the most admired peated malts. Its sixteen years of ageing round off the peat smoke and wrap it in sweet notes of nuts and ripe fruit, with a dense body.
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Here Laphroaig revives an old technique: after maturing in bourbon casks, the whisky moves into small casks, a quarter of the size, where contact with the wood is greater.
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The smoothest version in Ardbeg’s core range. It combines whiskies matured in Pedro Ximénez, charred virgin oak and bourbon casks, which are then married in a French oak vat.
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A young, no-nonsense Ardbeg, matured for five years in bourbon and oloroso sherry casks.
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A variant of the classic Laphroaig 10 that, after maturing in bourbon casks, spends a final period in oloroso sherry casks.
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Smokehead is an Islay malt from Ian Macleod that doesn’t reveal which distillery it comes from.
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Laphroaig presents Lore as a tribute to the tradition passed down between generations of distillers.
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One of the most heavily peated whiskies on Islay and, at the same time, surprisingly balanced.
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An Islay malt with more moderate smoke than its more famous neighbours, which makes it a good gateway to the island.
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