Comments on: Sampling Laphroaig Cairdeas 12 year (2009) http://scotchhobbyist.com/2009/06/27/laphroaig-cairdeas-12-year-2009/ Learning about the wonderful world of whisk(e)y and sharing the journey. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:54:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: A Laphroaig Cask Strength comparison « Scotch Hobbyist’s Blog http://scotchhobbyist.com/2009/06/27/laphroaig-cairdeas-12-year-2009/#comment-1482 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:24:17 +0000 http://scotchhobbyist.com/?p=808#comment-1482 [...] festival samples, including the Laphroaig Cairdeas [car-chase] 2009 release, which I did a post on here . I went to do the same this year for the 2010 release, and discovered that whiskysamples.eu had a [...]

]]> By: Mickey http://scotchhobbyist.com/2009/06/27/laphroaig-cairdeas-12-year-2009/#comment-356 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:41:43 +0000 http://scotchhobbyist.com/?p=808#comment-356 Anytime Jeff. Love the blog. I’ll be reading.

Mickey

]]> By: Scotch Hobbyist http://scotchhobbyist.com/2009/06/27/laphroaig-cairdeas-12-year-2009/#comment-352 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:02:44 +0000 http://scotchhobbyist.com/?p=808#comment-352 Thanks for the comments, Mickey! I agree that Laphroaig can be a humdinger. Although, it can also be quite accessible at the same time (especially the 15 and 30 year expressions).

I understand the attempt to appeal to the masses with artificial coloring, but like you said, the color means nothing in terms of taste quality. I’m always happy to see a naturally colored whisky…no mater how light or dark it is.

Thanks,
Jeff

]]> By: Mickey http://scotchhobbyist.com/2009/06/27/laphroaig-cairdeas-12-year-2009/#comment-351 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:05:43 +0000 http://scotchhobbyist.com/?p=808#comment-351 Had Laphroaig for the first time & I must share the following. This is a humdinger of a whisky! Arguably the most devastating (and I mean that in a constructive manner) of the Islay peated single malts. Perhaps you’ve noticed, a lot of Isaly whiskies come in green bottles. There is in fact a reason for that. When the bottle is green, you cannot make out the color of the whisky. If you cannot see the color, you’re purchasing decision will instead be based on the label rather than the light color of the whisky in the bottle. The majority if Islay whiskies are bourbon cask matured & they are light in color. It’s a myth that the best whiskies have the darkest colors. All whiskies have magnificent ranges of flavour weather they are light or dark in color. So, never judge a whisky by it’s color!

Mickey

]]> By: Scotch Hobbyist http://scotchhobbyist.com/2009/06/27/laphroaig-cairdeas-12-year-2009/#comment-180 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:02:51 +0000 http://scotchhobbyist.com/?p=808#comment-180 Lucky you! Let me know what you think of it.
Thanks,
Jeff

]]> By: גל גרנוב http://scotchhobbyist.com/2009/06/27/laphroaig-cairdeas-12-year-2009/#comment-179 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:25:12 +0000 http://scotchhobbyist.com/?p=808#comment-179 hey,
just go this baby on the mail today.
looking fwd. to tasting it.

]]> By: Best in Blog #14: Tasting Notes and Whiskey News on the Web | Whisky Party http://scotchhobbyist.com/2009/06/27/laphroaig-cairdeas-12-year-2009/#comment-176 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:33:43 +0000 http://scotchhobbyist.com/?p=808#comment-176 [...] Hobbyist samples Laphroaig’s Cairdeas 2009 and Batch 001 of Laphroaig’s 10 Year Cask [...]

]]> By: Scotch Hobbyist http://scotchhobbyist.com/2009/06/27/laphroaig-cairdeas-12-year-2009/#comment-175 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:42:01 +0000 http://scotchhobbyist.com/?p=808#comment-175 Oops! My bad. I crossed out the “batch 001″ so it’s somewhat corrected, but your comment still makes sense. :-)

]]> By: WhiskyNotes http://scotchhobbyist.com/2009/06/27/laphroaig-cairdeas-12-year-2009/#comment-174 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:32:32 +0000 http://scotchhobbyist.com/?p=808#comment-174 Just a small remark: I didn’t rate the Laphroaig 10 CS batch 001 (released a couple of weeks ago), I rated the “regular” 10 CS (without a batch number, bottled in 2007): http://www.whiskynotes.be/2009/laphroaig/laphroaig-10y-cask-strength/

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