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Laphroaig: Salty peated single malt pleasure

By Miguel in Tasting , Featured , Laphroaig

Tasting in honor of Laphroaig Live 2012, five proposed whiskies. I have all of them but Ardmore so I will taste three Laphroaigs and Connemara.

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I missed the online event for a matter of hours so I sorted the whiskies as I though it could be best. I think that the drams has been sorted slightly different on the online tasting with Connemara and Ardmore being tasted in last place.

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Laphroaig Live 2012: on Live from Oktoberfest

By Miguel in Tasting , Laphroaig

UPDATE: Read the tasting I run with all the whiskies tasted at Laphroaig Live 2012 but Ardmore at A Wardrobe of Whisky Laphroaig Live 2012 Tasting

Join us online at Laphroaig Live 2012 that this years will be celebrated at Oktoberfest in Germany.

Laphroaig Live will be online at 21:00 EST ( 20:00 UK ) for everyone to join Laphroaig Distillery Manager John Campbell, Master blender Robert Hicks and two great whisky minds as Bernhard Schäfer and Pierre Thiebaut.

You can join them and me on the a worldwide online tasting of:


So don’t forget to set up your phone alarms for one of the biggest whisky events of the year.


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The Peat Paradise: Islay from Bunnahabhain to Port Ellen

By Miguel in Tasting , Recommended , Featured , Laphroaig , Caol Ila , Lagavulin , Port Ellen , Ardbeg , Bunnahabhain , Kilchoman , Bowmore , Bruichladdich

Islay is an island in the west of Scotland that produce a style of single malts that you either love or hate: peated whiskies.

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(Photo on top of one of the Jura Pups looking south overseeing the Isle of Islay by Gregor Haslinger)

You may wonder why such an small island have so many distilleries and I hope this article enlighten you and share with us the passion for peated whiskies.
I have tasted already many of the whiskies created at Islay but I really wanted to taste them all in a row so I can compare them side by side. I hate when I taste blindly a whisky and I can’t decide if it is a Caol Ila ( most are ) or an Ardbeg.

So come with me in this trip around Islay in nine drams. Oh man! I am sure you can smell the smoke from there.

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Laphroaig 10 years old Cask Strength Batch 003 Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Laphroaig

“Very good Laphroaig but the old batch-less cask strength whisky was better.”

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Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength / Batch 003 / Bot.2011 Islay Whisky
The third release of Laphroaig's riotously popular small batch editions of their famed ten years old cask strength Islay single malt. No doubt this will be as big a hit as the previous editions - this is an expression that never disappoints.

There is a previous batch-less expression of the Laphroaig 10 years old Cask Strength that is better in my opinion to this one. Try it if you can.

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (89): average. peat, honey, iodine, citrus, floral. Very closed nose

Palate (92): powerful, oily. peat, iodine, honey, citrus, vanilla, spices, apples. A superb Laphroaig with everything you come to expect from them.

Finish (91): longer than average. peat, honey, citrus, iodine, seaweed.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength / Batch 003 / Bot.2011 Islay Whisky with 91 points over 100.

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Laphroaig 10 years old Original Cask Strength Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Laphroaig

“Awesome Laphroaig! Heaven tastes like this whisky!”

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Laphroaig 10 year Original Cask Strength
Original cask strength Laphroaig is bottled at natural distillery strength with all the depth of genuine taste and texture normally associated with sampling whisky at source.

Matured in seasoned oak barrels, charred before filling to impart a slight sweet vanilla nuttiness. Original Cask Strength Laphroaig is barrier-filtered only, to remove the small char particles present. However cask strength is non chilled filtered. This means you will enjoy Laphroaig exactly as we made it.

This whisky has been replaced by a new small batch version.

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. peat, citrus, honey, iodine, seaweed, floral.

Palate (93): powerful. peat, honey, citrus, iodine, vanilla, iodine, apples, coffee, earth.

Finish (92): longer than average. peat, honey, citrus, iodine, coffee.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Laphroaig 10 year Original Cask Strength with 92 points over 100.

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Laphroaig Triple wood Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Laphroaig

“Nice Laphroaig whisky with one foot on the woody area. Interesting.”

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Laphroaig Triple wood
The complex, peaty flavour of Laphroaig Triple Wood is the result of maturation in three different types of barrel: ex-Bourbon barrels, European oak casks (‘butts’) and traditional Quarter Casks.

Laphroaig Triple Wood is then bottled – without being chill-filtered – at 48% ABV.

You can think about it as a extra-aged Laphroaig Quarter Cask single malt whisky were sweetness has been replaced by a moderate woody profile. Interesting scotch.

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. peat, honey, citrus, iodine, sea, wood, spices. Very Laphroaig nose with a surprising notes of wood and spices.

Palate (90): powerful. peat, honey, wood, raisins, spices, iodine, coffee.

Finish (89): longer than average. peat, citrus, wood.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Laphroaig Triple wood with 90 points over 100.

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Laphroaig 27 years old Oloroso Cask 2008 Release Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Laphroaig

“Heaven exists! And I am really happy this bottle is sold out because I would have had to buy one no matter the price.”

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Laphroaig 27 Year Old Oloroso Cask (2008 Release)
Distilled at Laphroaig, the best selling Islay single malt in the world, this stunning 27 years old whisky has been distilled in 1981.

Chosen among thousands of casks, only five casks that previously held Oloroso sherry were used to create this awesome thick and full single malt with a deep hue.

It isn't ever neat the experience but you can get an idea of what you are missing with the great Bunnahabhain 20 years old from Master of Malt single class bottlings.

This dram has a old oak-like color.

Nose (95): more than average. peat, raisins, varnish, dates, nuts, citrus. Perfect nose! There is almost no room for anything better than this Laphroaig.

Palate (95): smooth, powerful, oily. peat, wood, spices, tobacco, nuts, citrus, salt, earth, oysters. Absolutely mindblowing whisky!

Finish (92): longer than average. peat, wood, apples, citrus, nuts, floral.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Laphroaig 27 Year Old Oloroso Cask (2008 Release) with 94 points over 100.

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Laphroaig 18 years old Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Laphroaig

“I prefer the old Laphroaig 15 years old. Where did my peat go man?”

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Laphroaig 18 year
The new Laphroaig 18yo is a replacement for the 15 year-old (Prince Chuck's favourite whisky, lest we forget, and it'll be sorely missed when it's gone). This is a stronger, altogether gutsier affair at 48%. A category winner at the World Whisky Awards 2010.

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (88): more than average. peat, honey, citrus, iodine, wood, floral. I had to read twice the bottle to be sure it was a Laphroaig. Where did the seaweed peat go?

Palate (90): powerful, oily. peat, salt, iodine, apples, spices, pepper, coffee.

Finish (88): longer than average. peat, salt, floral, iodine.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Laphroaig 18 year with 89 points over 100.

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Laphroaig 15 years old Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Laphroaig

“Very good Laphroaig with some notes of burnt wood.”

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Laphroaig 15 year
Zesty oak and warm peat smoke top notes, with sweet undertones, reminiscent of fresh nutmeg and toasted almonds. Faintly salty. Laphroaig 15yo is a smoother and more elegant elder sibling to the robust 10 year-old.

This dram has a fino-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. sweet, peat, iodine, citrus, peaches, wood, coffee.

Palate (89): powerful, oily. peat, salt, wood, burnt wood, seaweed, cocoa.

Finish (89): average. sweet, peat, pepper.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Laphroaig 15 year with 89 points over 100.

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