Tasted side by side with the 16 year. I didn't get as much differentiation as I expected. The 16 has a gunpowder dryness that the 8 year lacks, but the 8 year packs more punch. Plus its 5% higher abv than the 16 and it shows. The 16 lingers on the tongue more while the 8 is more abrupt. I dig them both, but even side by side I can barely tell them apart. I guess I need to stick to the mainland malts.