I went to a peated whiskey tasting with amazing offerings such as Laphroaig 27, Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19, and some rare bottling of Caol Ila(Over 40 peated malts total). In my humble opinion this was the very best whiskey that they had, save for Octomore 10.1. This is a stellar whiskey. It literally blew everything else away, including it's venerable older brother. Only an expertly crafted, unstoppable peat juggernaut could stand up to it. I left that tasting with a bottle of Octomore, only because I already had 3 bottles of this.