Had a flight of whiskies from around the world and tasted them from light to intense, with instructions to mix and match all the whiskies except the last, a heavily peated scotch, which was to be tasted by itself at the end so as not to overwhelm the others. I’m a huge fan of the Islay peat monsters, but in this case chose the highland park 12 as the final peated scotch for the flight. It was very good. Then I ordered my all time favorite, Laphroaig 10, when all was said and done, to compare it to the HP 12 and all the rest. As usual, I got deep smoke and iodine (like a newly opened bandaid) on the nose, smoke all through the taste, and the finish brought ever so slight dill, brine and smoked fish. Incredible. Laphroaig 10 is the son Hamilton always wanted. It blows them all away.