Blind Tasting Flight: Laphroaig 18, Port Charlotte 10, Ledaig Sinclair, Mac Talla 15, Rock Island

It's that time of year ... MALT Madness. 20 whiskies, 4 tasting flights, leading up to the Final Four flight to determine 1 winner. I ranked the top 20 whisky samples from the Drinks By the Dram 2025 Peaty Whisky Advent Calendar (by age, ABV, and price) and separated them into 4 groups (each with a different mascot). In this video I rank the 5 whiskies in the first Group and determine the winner who advances among: Laphroaig 18 (1 seed) Mac Talla Friends of the Fies 2024 15 Year (5 seed) Port Charlotte 10 Year (9 seed) Ledaig Sinclair (16 seed) Rock Island Year of the Dragon Blended Malt (20 seed) To determine the 20th Seed, I previously had a play-in flight, where I picked a winner from the weakest 6 whiskies from the Advent calendar to join the other 19 as the 20th Seed:    • 20 Blind Tasting Tournament Whiskies Revea...   The subsequent groups will include: Red Deer Group: Week 2 (March 13) Laphroaig Elements 1.0 (2 seed) Ledaig 10 Cask Strength (6 seed) Benromach Contrasts Peat Smoke 2009 (10 seed) Kilchoman Sanaig (15 seed) That Boutiquey Whisky Co. Islay (19 seed) Scottish Wildcat Group: Week 3 (March 20) That Boutiquey Whisky Co. Highland 18 Year (3 seed) Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength (7 seed) Talisker 10 (11 seed) Cu Bocan Creation No. 6 (14 seed) Seaweed & Aeons & Digings & Fire, & Overproof (18 seed) Badger Group: Week 4 (March 27) Seaweed & Aeons & Digings & Fire 18 Year (4 seed) Bowmore 15 Darkest (8 seed) Lagavulin 8 (12 seed) Port Askaig 8 (13 seed) Kilchoman Machir Bay (17 seed) Final four Flight (April 3) ? ? ? ? Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss any of the Malt Madness Blind Flights leading up to the championship flight. Now through March 25th: I am hosting a bracket-style tournament pairing 16 scotch whiskies from 4 regions costing $100 or less, to be voted on Mondays through Thursdays by YOU, here on my channel's YouTube Page. You can vote on the Whisky Whereabouts Posts tab on this YouTube channel, here:    / @whiskywhereabouts   As always, please remember to subscribe, so you don't miss any future videos on the channel. You can access the Whisky Whereabouts Patreon and support the channel at:   / whiskywhereabouts   You can also follow us on Instagram: @whiskyabouts Intro - 00:00 The Whiskies Competing - 01:51 Nose - 03:29 Palate - 06:52 Finish - 09:23 Rankings and Winner - 14:24 Inquiries: [email protected]