Horological Meandering

pplater
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'Physician, heal thyself..."

Whilst I had not intended to be condescending (and apologise to Allied Distillers if that were so), perhaps you are being a bit hard on Poljot? ;-)

On a serious note, though, whilst I wholeheartedly agree that there can be room for both, I am not sure that I can go with you as far as 'that's a whole different animal'. Respectfully, nowhere in the malt universe do you get two such distinctive drops from the same 'bloodline'. That distinctiveness, as I had understood it, comes from the floor malting enhanced by a peat roast utilising peat with an iodine-rich 'seaweed' contribution particular to Islay. It is not as pronounced in, say, Ardberg, as it is in the two under discussion. It is nowhere more pronounced than in Laphroiag, and if that is what one seeks (as often we do) then it is a very worthy drop. It exists in large dollops in Lagavulin also, but there is handled with greater finesse, or subtlety. It's a 'Laphroiag smoothy', if you will.

It sounds to me as if we are generally in furious agreement, however, and I would welcome the chance to share either or both with you at some point.

Cheers!

pplater.