This is for people who likes to drink cigar, smoke and iodine then you are in the right place. I personally would never recommend this to new comers, it will shattered their dreams as it nearly did to me. I believe that you will only started to appreciate lagavulin 16 once you taste many varieties of whisky, learn whisky history, read books and you will find more different notes beyond smoky peaty in this whisky, myself included.