If you want one with a really peaty taste, try Laphroaig 10 Year Old Islay Single Malt.
Yuck!!! This is why the poster is going to have a hard time. I’m a highland guy and I don’t like the lowland stuff. I don’t like Oban and to me Laphroig tastes like kerosene.
Poster, find out what your friend likes and go from there.