"This is just because i wanted to drink Laphroaig" - more than good enough explanation.

Clear, concise definitions and relatable analogies. There's a reason this man is a teacher.

Again, as always in the past. I am a simple man. I see Laphroaig I click, even at my daughter's wedding. Hell, she'll probably get married a few more times, I will pay attention during one of the next ones!

Daniel. You are such a captivating and informative speaker. Thank you

Everytime I see Laphroaig I think of Emma. Hope she is well

My wife's first whisky was Lag and it's still her favorite today.

Laphroaig 10 was heaven from the first sip. Absolute mother's milk

I love the revisit of the classic drams we have all had on our journey. This is certainly a core whisky and still one of my favorites! Many thanks Daniel.

Missing you on on the tribe

I work in a bottle shop in Australia and amongst my team I'm known as the "whiskey guy" my secret is that I learnt everything I know from watching your videos 😁

My gateway scotch was Lagavulin 16 and I loved Laphroaig 10 immediately!!

Caol Ila was my eye opener. Before I used to just drink johnnie walker but coal ila blew my mind

Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Talisker and Ardbeg are all amazing, but I love the complexity of Glen Scotia 15.

Laphroaig converted me too 😁, I don’t think I would have a whisky channel if I never had it . If someone says they don’t like whisky to me I always like to make sure they have tried both the Speyside and Islay styles. Often people dislike one and love the other.

As someone who is mainly a bourbon and rye drinker who is starting to explore other whiskey types, I really appreciate this explanation. Clear, concise, and easily digestible. Thank you for the continued incredible content!

Daniel that was a wonderful lesson. Your teaching skills are unsurpassed. I already knew this but I learned so much. I can now explain it others in a way I couldn't before. Sometimes it's difficult to get bourbon drinkers to understand Scotch whisky. Using this 5 types method with the mother and father makes is clear and concise. Thank you!

Many, many years ago we had the opportunity to attend a dinner sponsored by Johnnie Walker that included a presentation on blending scotch, with tastings. I fell in love with Islay whisky then. If I have Johnnie Walker, I prefer gold or platinum to the blue, which was too sweet. The whole flavor profile changed 10 or 15 years ago, so we don’t buy anymore. I learned more from your video than from their presentation.

I just got back from Islay. What a magical place.

Best explanation out there ❤ Even for non native speakers. 👍

Glenlivet 12 was my gateway Scotch but Laphroaig 10 and Lore were the REAL Scotches that converted me into an Islay Scotch lover. Thus, I'm part of the Church of Laphroaig, though I confess to also having a bottle of Lagavulin 16 in the cabinet as well 😂. Great vid.

Islay fan here. Love that smoky peatiness. Earthy, smoky, briny and yet approachable.

Laphroaig was the first whiskey I ever liked!

I liked whiskey. Would buy a bottle here and there. Good but I preferred beer. I tried Laphroaig Quarter Cask and I fell in love with whiskey.

Laphroig definitely got me into whiskey. I was really glad that I could start enjoying the cheaper, every day bourbons and Irish whiskies. No way could I afford to smash a bottle of Laphroig or Ardveg on the weekends 😊

I've never heard it explained this way. Makes perfect sense!

Don't forget the superb non-Scottish whisky. You have the Lakes Distillery and The English all producing fantastic whisky.

Super interesting. Well explained. Cheers.

"It tastes exactly as it sounds." That's the perfect description of Laphroaig whisky.

Re: women & Peat. Took a few bottles over to a friend's house (Hibiki Harmony, Teeling single malt, Eagle Rare, and Lagavulin DE) for a cookout one night. Everyone liked the ER, but my friend lit up when she tried the Lagavulin and ended up going out to buy a bottle.

Laphroaig 10 makes me think Lox. Didn't used to. I thought it medicinal, band aid, etc. Then, like Saul on his way to Damascus, I saw the light. Right now, as I watch you talk about the family, I am drinking Lagavulin, 11 year old single malt Offerman Caribbean Rum Cask. I saw the light.

Always learning something here.

I would like to see a discussion on the different regions of scotch - Islay, Highland, Lowland, Speyside, etc.

Thanks. I did learn some new things from this.

Well thanks I guess. This exact was the one that made me grow an entire cabinet. I never liked any until I tasted the Laphroaig 10. All I got at first was 'licking a barbecue', but it intrigued me and I liked it. After that I started to pick things up in other whiskies and that's all she wrote...

G'day Daniel. Yes, I was hooked into whisky after buying and trying a bottle of Laph 10 (almost 15 years ago!). Like most whiskies but Peat is still my love'. Thanks so much for the vid . I get asked this a lot as well... I'm about to watch again (to get it through my thick skull) thanks again, AL

Favorite explanation ever! 😊

Laphroaig is my favorite Islay whiskey. As a whiskey somm told me at a tasting once, it's one of the "slap in the mouth" scotches!

I have this an several other expressions but Batch 12 of the Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength is really toasty and sweet really different to the standard 10 and the Batch variety coming through is really cool to see. Slainte

I was literally searching the Whiskey Vault channel for an explanation like this yesterday. What luck.

You guys should do a video covering all the Scotches from Islay 😊

I was timid to try laphroaig because of the talk about it at first but fell in love my first sip hands down my favorite

What do you say about Laphroaig?? Emma! 😂 That's the best description I've heard yet. Thank you for another great conversation

Enjoyed the video. The Laphroig tastes exactly like the liquid version of Conecuh smoked sausage made here in Alabama😊. That's a good thing.

Laphroaig 10 was my lovely introduction into scotch… I guess I am a bit weird.

Great verbal imagery expressing the different categories.

Laphroiag was my first dram.

Laphroaig 10 is what made me fall in love with whisky and I have used it to convert at least 14 other people to Scotch drinkers! (One even insisted on finding a way to buy a bottle on the way to his train home from the pub...)

It’s a classic. I started with bourbon, but Laphroaig is a must in my cabinet and great on a cold winter night.

Laphroaig 10 was the second whiskey that I ever drank, and that was many years after drinking Wild Turkey 101 in my younger days. I loved it!

Been watching for years and I learned a bunch from this well-thought out presentation!

Right as I was wondering what to drink on my day off I see this. What a great choice, and a lot of fun to drink along!

Been watching Whiskey Vault for years, been exploring whisk(e)ys across all categories, but was still poking around at scotch, having found some I like and some that were "fine". I read the differences between the scotch categories a couple times and it was always in one eye and out the other...Thank you for putting it in a way that (seems likely to) stick!

Laphroaig 10 made me think that I didn't like Islay whisky, but I love Arbeg and Lagavulin (I'm sipping Lagavulin 16 as I type). Great explanation of the five categories of Scotch whisky. You are definitely missed on Whiskey Tribe.

Happy 4th of July! Laphroaig has surpassed Lagavulin as my personal Islay favorite. Don’t know why just has.

Now, how about a video on Mom, Dad and the 3 kids from the different regions?

Laphroaig 10 is one of the most amazing whiskies I've ever had. I like the peat, of course, but underneath that there's a delightfully fruity whisky that is different with every glass. It's the only whisky that has ever given me pineapple on the palate. 🥃 I was able to anticipate where you were going early on in the explanation, but it was the first explanation of the whole thing I'd ever encountered and it helped me to clarify and organize what I already knew. Thank you. 🙂

Spot on. Laphroaig is now my mums and wifes favorite scotch. I'd like to know how you would classify the taste of Lagavulin as compared to Laphroaig? Which has the more stronger smoky/fish kinda flavor because we have never tried Lagavulin and shortly one of my cousins is flying down from the UK. Its pretty hard to get these Whiskeys here in India so your help is much appreciated. Thanks.

I thought this sounded familiar....learned this in the Bona Fide Whisk(e)y Enthusiast class, and a lot more

Islay all the way! Lagavulin, Ardbeg, Laphroaig! That Laphroaig must have been lovely! Terrific video as always Daniel!!

PC10 was my gateway to peated Scotches, and it's still probably my favorite core lineup single malt from any distillery.

I became a single malt drinker with laphroaig 10. Drank some bourbon before but this was about five years ago

Outstanding as always Daniel. Just when I think I knew a fair bit about whiskey you teach me a hard lesson with facts that re-educate me. Thank you for doing that and please keep up the great work.

JW green is my favorite of the blends ( I love cragganmore). Laphroaig 10 is a favorite too.

THANK YOU Daniel!! I loved this video because I still needed clarification on this topic beyond previous Whiskey Vault video explanations.

Laphroaig was the first whiskey I liked neat. It was just so complex and oily.

Great way of explaining it all, really helped fill in more detail of what I thought I knew.

Laphroaig is always one of the good choices anytime of the year🥃

Welcome all Whiskey Vaulters to Story Time with Daniel! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Happy 4th 🎉🎉🎉🎉

My first "serious" scotch was Ardbeg Uigeadail. Completely hooked me.

Well done Daniel!! On America's Birthday??? I know I know you didn't plan it that way. Or did you Muahaha!! Okay seriously great video!! I can't remember if you used that explanation in the Bonafide course. Cheers 🥃

The first time I had Laphroaig, my BIL had me try a sample. It tasted like I licked the bottom of an ashtray. (Let's not discuss how I know how that would taste, I "just know." And, I was very curious as a child.) Anyway, a few weeks later I decided to buy a bottle so I would have it on hand to serve to friends, sort of as a gag. Of course, I had to try it again and I found that the ashtray flavor wasn't there anymore and I really enjoyed the actual flavor. Which started me down a road of exploration into various types of Scotch and other whiskey types. I have yet to find one that I truly despise, only "good enough" to "truly enjoy." (Never found a Canadian one that I truly enjoy to this date though.)

Outstanding episode! Lagavulin 16 is what got me into whiskey. Before that I only knew the US bourbons and they never appealed to me so I thought that I just didn't like whisky. Happy 4th to all of the US BM's watching (and anyone else that cares).

This is my least favorite Laphroaig! Great explanation!

Laphroaig 10 is like a camp fire in a dentist office. It's so weird yet so wonderful.

I wish i can do your classes….👏🏼🥳🙏🏼

my first scotch was Laphroaig 10YR and i love it

"I need this for a video" Ah, once you were but the apprentice... Now YOU are the moocher.

My gateway scotch was Lagavulin, but it wasn't the 16, nor the 8, but the "House Lannister" 9 year.

Bruichladdich turned me onto Islay, before that I really enjoyed Highland.

Enjoy the Laphroaig.

Yes it helps sooooooo much👍

Love my Lore! Just picked up two bottles

I was also under the impression that single malt also meant that the malted barley was from a single year's harvest. I wouldn't take a 5 year old whiskey and a 7 year old whiskey from the same distillery and mix them together and not call that blended.

So in this analogy, my favorite whiskies are usually the older moms.

Happy 4th of July. I am traveling from Vancouver-Canada to San Francisco, hopefully I can find an Ardbeg Uigdahl for a great price. Can you make a video about how to keep Whiskeys to last a long time? I guess keeping it away from direct sunlight is the most important part, but what else do you do in your vault?

Awesome explanation! Long live moms hahaha :P Laph definitely converted me... turned me into Islay above all else ;)

One word: AWESOME!

Your explanation is cute and mostly correct, i.e. inaccurate but correct in the vast majority of cases. The three principal differentiators between malt and grain Scotch are whether it is: (i) produced in a single distillery (ii) using pure malted barley (iii) in a pot still. a) "Mom" is accurate: to be "single malt," all of (i) and (ii) and (iii) must be true. *b) "Dad" is inaccurate: to be "single grain," (i) must be true, but (ii) and/OR (iii) are false.* This is significant, because you can have pot-distilled whisky that is "single grain" merely because it is not pure malted barley. Although rare, it is something that distillers are experimenting with in order to retain more of the characteristics of the other grains. (Technically, you could also produce "single grain" Scotch from pure malted barley in a column still, but nobody would do this for the reasons you explained.) c) "Two (or more) moms make blended malt Scotch" is accurate. d) "Two (or more) dads make blended grain Scotch" is accurate (bearing in mind that the definition of "dad" was not quite right). *e) Your explanation of "one (or more) moms and one (or more) dad(s)" is inaccurate.* "Blended" means more than one distiller and/OR using both malt and grain whisky. This is significant because the "mom" and "dad" can be from the same distiller. This can either be because a single distiller (i) has both a pot and a continuous still, or (ii) has blended a pot-distilled whisky from pure malted barley (single malt Scotch) and a pot-distilled whisky made from malted barley mixed with other whole grains (single grain Scotch) to make an entirely pot-distilled "blended Scotch". I have no idea if any distiller is doing this or has any plans to, but that is how the categories actually work.

Laphroaig made me a wiskey drinker, though now i prefer Ardbeg

Thanks! Helped alot. Cheers

I like bbq and had never tried whiskey before, then tried some Laphroaig and now I only drink Scotch

Best bang for the buck ! My staple bottle in my home

My wife thinks Laphroaig smells like cleaner😂 I love all things Islay.

Thank you! So much I didn't know 🤯

Arrr Laphroaig 10. Yummy 😋

Laphroaig 10 was the first whisk(e)y of any kind that I truly liked. But, I find, you have to be the kind of person that doesn't mind getting punched in the face when you eat. Whether it's spicy wings or curry, big smoky bbq brisket, etc.

Lagavulin and Ardbeg have kick started my interest in scotch. I thought all scotch tasted like Johnnie Walker and I haven’t had any color that was good.

I thought I knew. I thought all Scotch was malt. Mind blown.

I love Quarter Cask, PX Cask, Lore and other Laphroaig I have had, but I cannot stand the 10. I wonder if the us version (43%) are better, cause here we only get the 40%. By the way, if someone say Islay, Ardbeg is what pops up in my head 😉

Cant teach about Scotch like this in all states 😂🤦‍♂️😉