Ardbeg vs Lagavulin
Neighbours on Islay’s south shore, both heavily peated, and the pair most often set against each other. Read the house styles below for where the smoke goes — sharp and medicinal, or deep and sweet.
Ardbeg
Islay's peat-smoke extremist with a cult following
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Slow-distilled majesty from Islay's south shore
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- 18151816
- Region
- IslayIslay
- Signature bottling
- Ardbeg 10Lagavulin 16
- House style
- Intense peat smoke balanced by citrus and sweet malt.Deep, rounded peat smoke with sherry richness and maritime notes.
- Core range
- Ardbeg 10 · Uigeadail · CorryvreckanLagavulin 16 · Distillers Edition · Lagavulin 8
Every figure above is read from the Atlas entry for each, so this page stays in step with them.