Islay Whisky Comparisons

• Ardbeg vs Laphroaig

  Two heavily peated Kildalton neighbours founded in the same year.

• Lagavulin vs Laphroaig

  Neighbouring bays, different peating levels and very different maturation policies.

Each comparison sets out the published facts for both distilleries and explains what those facts mean in production terms. Where a distillery does not publish a figure, the row says so. This site does not score whiskies, rank them by preference, or present tasting notes as its own.