The Ileach 40%

[brendram]

This is the regular Ileach, which I got from Santa for being a good boy

Colour: gold (no E150 declared on the bottle)

Nose: leather, peat, little smoke, floral, motoroil, tarry rope

Palate: spices, quite dry, cinnamon, wood, spekuloos (Spekulatious for the Krauts)

Finish: More on oak, spices, peat, ash

Final thoughts: I compared this to the Laphroaig CS 10YO (with water) to see who's the producer. They are not alike one bit, so that option is ruled out. Too much citrus and less on the Band-Aid by comparison. The Laphroaig wins (of course).
It's similar to the Smokehead I had a while back i.e. it's rather simple. It's also less clean and offers a slight advantage in complexity, but also less smoke. I have no experience with over-oaked whisky, but I guess this is the direction these whiskies go.

[Peat Sampras]

To have a fair comparison you should take the Ileach CS. I had a bottle in 2009 (probably a 2008 batch) and I loved it, however there seem to be great variations between batches so beware!

[olikli]

The CS version I recently tasted reminded me extremely of Laphroaig.

[Peat Sampras]

The CS version I recently tasted reminded me extremely of Laphroaig.

Sounds good to me *lechz*

[olikli]

The CS version I recently tasted reminded me extremely of Laphroaig.

Sounds good to me *lechz*

... however there seem to be great variations between batches so beware!

I guess they bottle what they can get their hands on

[Peat Sampras]

The CS version I recently tasted reminded me extremely of Laphroaig.

Sounds good to me *lechz*

... however there seem to be great variations between batches so beware!

I guess they bottle what they can get their hands on

D'oh

[Mr Tattie Heid]

I guess they bottle what they can get their hands on

That works...that's Peat's drinking philosophy, too!

[Peat Sampras]

I guess they bottle what they can get their hands on

That works...that's Peat's drinking philosophy, too!

D'oh!

[brendram]

That's why I added quite a bit of water to the Laph, just don't have the Ileach CS or Laph at 40% so I had to make do
When I first opened the bottle I was also convinced this was Laph, but the comparison yesterday showed these two are entirely different kinds of peat and smoke.