Introduction Following on the heels of my Laphroaig 10 CS Batch 001 post, I’m trying another 30 ml Laphroaig sample from whiskysamples.eu. This one was specially bottled for Feis Ile 2009 (5000 bottles total), with post-festival sales only through the Friends of Laphroaig online store for £40. I’m talking about the Laphroaig Cairdeas [car-chase] 12 [...]
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Sampling Laphroaig Cairdeas 12 year (2009)
Posted in Feis Ile, Laphroaig, review, tagged Cairdeas, Laphroaig, review, scotch, whisky on June 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Sampling Laphroaig 10 CS (Cask Strength) – Batch 001
Posted in Laphroaig, review, tagged Laphroaig, review, scotch, whisky on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Introduction In his Christmas 2008 video blog [available on the Laphroaig web site], John Campbell (Laphroaig distillery manager) talked about a change in the Laphroaig 10 years Cask Strength offering, starting in 2009. Apparently, it’s been standard practice for Laphroaig to produce the 10 CS in two batches each year, but it’s been difficult to [...]
Lagavulin 21 – The best. In theory, anyway.
Posted in Lagavulin, review, tagged Lagavulin, Lagavulin 21, review, scotch, whisky on June 20, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Introduction These tasting notes are based on a sample of Lagavulin 21 1985 vintage, bottled in 2007 at 56.5% ABV. It was matured exclusively in first-fill European oak sherry casks. Supposedly, this is to be the last “fully sherried” release from Lagavulin, and this was a limited bottling with 6600 numbered bottles. I’ve been very [...]
Port Askaig Roundup – Comparing CS, 17 and 25 year
Posted in Caol Ila, Port Askaig, review, tagged Caol Ila, Port Askaig, review, scotch, whisky on June 15, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Introduction I think my wife was worried about me last night as I sat surrounded by four whisky nosing glasses (Port Askaig Cask Strength (57.1%), 17 year (45.8%), and 25 year (45.8%) expressions, as well as Signatory Caol Ila 14 year). I wanted to do a head-to-head and really get a feel for how these [...]
Review: Ordering from whiskysamples.eu
Posted in whisky samples, tagged scotch samples, whisky samples, whiskysamples.eu on June 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Introduction Having gotten into whisky in July 2008 on a trip to Scotland, I’m still in a “discovery” phase, trying to get a feel for as many different scotch whisky profiles as possible. This can be a somewhat expensive proposition if your approach is to collect full size bottles representing a significant portion of the [...]
Laphroaig 30 – A nose to die for.
Posted in Laphroaig, review, tagged Laphroaig, review, scotch, whisky on June 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Introduction My wife was kind enough to let me buy my own main present for my 40th birthday a couple of weeks ahead of time; A Laphroaig 30 year, bottled in 2007 at 43% abv. I was at a Glenmorangie/Ardbeg scotch tasting, and one of the attendees pointed out that the store had a bottle [...]
Hosting a scotch party
Posted in Live Whisky Tasting on June 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s 2:30 am and I’m still wide awake, so I thought I’d blog about the scotch party I had tonight. I’ve been using my 40th birthday as an excuse to buy a number of great scotches that were new to me, even though I’ve pretty much used up my scotch budget for the whole year [...]
Caol Ila Signatory Vintage 1992, 14 years
Posted in Caol Ila, review, tagged Caol Ila, review, scotch, whisky on June 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Introduction I had to take my daughter’s viola to the music store today to get a string replaced. I knew of a liquor store nearby that is supposed to have a good selection, so I stopped in to take a look. They had some interesting stuff, including a pricey 29 year Cragganmore. Prices were generally [...]
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