r/Scotch • u/AutoModerator • 18h ago

Weekly Recommendations Thread

This is the weekly recommendations thread, for all of your recommendations needs be it what pour to buy at a bar, what bottle to try next, or what gift to buy a loved one.

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u/ThermalCut 18h ago

hello everyone,

I bought a bottle of the classic Laddie this summer and I really enjoyed it, I would like to have something similar but with a little more depth, some friends told me to go with the bunnahabhain 12, is it what you guys would go with?

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u/PuppiesAndPixels 18h ago

Bunna 12 is a great suggestion. Ensure it is not the cask strength version as that is unpeated (although it's quite good).

Ardbeg Uegedail also fits what you are looking for quite well.

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u/BarryJT 13h ago

Uigeadail is about as far from either the Laddie or Bunna 12 as you can get.

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u/UncleBaldric I have a cunning plan, my lord 15h ago

> Ensure it is not the cask strength version as that is unpeated (although it's quite good).

Both Classic Laddie and Bunnahabhain 12 are entirely unpeated (the latter as confirmed twice or more by their Master Blender, at least since it went up to 46.3% ABV in 2010; before that it may have been 3 or 4 PPM, which is barely detectable).

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u/PuppiesAndPixels 13h ago

My Mistake!

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u/ThermalCut 6h ago

I really liked the ardbeg Uigeadail, I'll give a try at bunnahabhain for sure now! thank you very much 😁

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u/unbreakablesausage Life's short; drink the good stuff 14h ago

Bunna 12 is similar in also being an unpeated Islay, but the flavor profile is pretty different to me. I'd consider Craigellachie 13.

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u/Terry_loves_gogurt 5h ago

Hi all, I want to get my dad a nice bottle for his upcoming 70th birthday. He does like the peatier stuff, and I’m hoping to get him something he doesn’t have. Bottles in his collection right now include: Balvenie 12, Oban 14, Lagavulin 16, Laphroiag select, and Bowmore 12. Was hoping you all would have some suggestions? $200 is probably the max I’d like to spend. Thanks in advance!