Head to head · same category, comparable price
Ardbeg Uigeadail vs Laphroaig 10 Year Old
Laphroaig 10 Year Old is the cheaper bottle and the dearer whisky: £161 a litre of pure alcohol against £158. That inversion is the whole of this comparison.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-30
Specifications side by side
| Ardbeg Uigeadail | Laphroaig 10 Year Old | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Single malt | Single malt |
| Origin | Islay, Scotland | Islay, Scotland |
| Age | No age statement | 10 years |
| Strength | 54.2% ABV | 40% ABV |
| Cask | Ex-bourbon cask, Oloroso sherry cask | Ex-bourbon barrel |
| Bottle | 700 ml | 700 ml |
| RRP observed | £60 | £45 |
| Per 10cl | £8.57 | £6.43 |
| Per litre of alcohol | £158 | £161 |
| Chill-filtered | No | Not stated |
What separates them
Both Islay whiskies, from different distilleries.
Laphroaig 10 Year Old states 10 years; Ardbeg Uigeadail states none.
Cask as each producer describes it: Ardbeg Uigeadail in ex-bourbon cask and oloroso sherry cask, Laphroaig 10 Year Old in ex-bourbon barrel.
Chill filtration: Ardbeg Uigeadail is not, Laphroaig 10 Year Old does not say.
Laphroaig 10 Year Old: specifications not yet producer-confirmed.
What the price buys
Ardbeg Uigeadail is £15 dearer a bottle than Laphroaig 10 Year Old.
Strength reverses that: Laphroaig 10 Year Old is £161 a litre of pure alcohol against £158.
Across the 32 bottles we can cost this way, Ardbeg Uigeadail is 20th cheapest and Laphroaig 10 Year Old 21st cheapest.
Flavour, compared
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| Axis | Ardbeg Uigeadail | Laphroaig 10 Year Old |
|---|---|---|
| Peaty | 9 | 9 |
| Sweet | 5 | 2 |
| Fruity | 4 | 2 |
| Spicy | 7 | 4 |
| Woody | 5 | 4 |
| Sherried | 6 | 1 |
| Cereal | 4 | 4 |
| Oily | 9 | 6 |
Furthest apart on sherried, 6 against 1, then sweet, 5 against 2. 4 of the eight axes clear 3 points: sherried, sweet, spicy and oily.
Identical on peaty and cereal.
Each bottle in its own right
Ardbeg Uigeadail
Tar, raisin and smoked meat at 54.2%. The best-value cask-strength Islay there is.
A batched vatting, so the strength has varied slightly over time — 54.2% is the current stated figure, not a permanent one. Named after the peat-laden loch supplying the distillery's water.
Full record →Laphroaig 10 Year Old
Medicinal, seaweed and ash. The most divisive dram in mainstream whisky.
Full record →No overlap in what we list them for: Ardbeg Uigeadail for value at cask strength and after dinner, Laphroaig 10 Year Old for testing whether you like peat at all.
Where these specifications come from
Producer and retailer pages for Ardbeg Uigeadail and Laphroaig 10 Year Old: ardbeg.com, laphroaig.com. Figures are what those pages published when we last checked them, on 2026-07-30.