Introduction With Ardbeg 10 (86 points) serving as a benchmark whisky for my Islay scotch reviews, I decided I needed another benchmark that I would rate closer to 80 points. The Islay equivalent of a Glenfiddich 12, if you will. Laphroaig 10 seemed like it would fit the bill. While I’m a HUGE Laphroaig fan, [...]
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More Islay Benchmarks – Laphroaig 10 and QC
Posted in Laphroaig, review, tagged Laphroaig 10, Laphroaig 10 review, Laphroaig QC review, Laphroaig Quarter Cask on February 26, 2011 | 12 Comments »
A Laphroaig Cask Strength comparison
Posted in Laphroaig, review, tagged Cairdeas Master Edition, Laphroaig 10 CS Batch 001, Laphroaig Cairdeas on August 23, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Introduction Last year, after following Feis Ile vicariously through other blog posts, I ordered some 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 few extra samples of the [...]
The Great Whisk(e)y Debate
Posted in Knob Creek, Laphroaig, Live Whisky Tasting, tagged Bernie Lubbers, Dan Tullio, Simon Brooking, Whiskey Debate on October 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Introduction Beam Global is doing a pretty cool marketing campaign, pitting whisk(e)y from three countries against each other in a debate between brand ambassadors as they battle for whisky supremacy. Attendance is free, and along with an entertaining evening put on by the debaters, participants get to try whisk(e)y samples from the three distilleries involved. [...]
Laphroaig “Distillery Live” details
Posted in Laphroaig, whisky news, tagged Distillery Live, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live on September 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Following on the previous Friends of Laphroaig email, John Campbell has sent out another letter with official details of the Distillery Live event on September 25, 2009 at Maker’s Mark Distillery. News since the last letter includes the creation of a web site dedicated to the event at http://www.distillerylive.us.com. Update 9/26/09: For those who missed [...]
Laphroaig Live coming to Kentucky in September
Posted in Laphroaig, whisky news, tagged Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, news on August 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
John Campbell, Laphroaig distillery manager, has sent out the following email to Friends of Laphroaig. They’ll be broadcasting live from the Maker’s Mark distillery in Kentucky on September 25, 2009. You can check out previous Laphroaig Live broadcasts here. Dear Friend of Laphroaig®: I have been talking to you for some time about our plans [...]
Sampling Laphroaig Cairdeas 12 year (2009)
Posted in Feis Ile, Laphroaig, review, tagged Cairdeas, Laphroaig, review, scotch, whisky on June 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Flashback: My first Islay malt (Laphroaig 10)
Posted in Laphroaig, review, tagged Laphroaig, scotch, whisky on May 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Introduction Margy McCoy (@MargyMcCoy), a Friends of Laphroaig employee, sent out a request on Twitter earlier today asking others to tweet about their first experience with Laphroaig. She’s offering up a bottle of Feis Ile Cardais scotch to the best tweet. I was immediately taken back to my first sip of Laphroaig 10 and responded [...]
Laphroaig 15. Going, going…
Posted in Laphroaig, review, tagged Laphroaig, review, scotch on May 4, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Introduction 43% ABV? Bzzzt…wrong answer! Non-chill filtering? Bzzzt…not here. This Laphroaig 15 year is obviously not with it, as all of the cool kids these days are bottled at 46% abv or higher, and non-chill filtering is all the rage. It’s only fitting that the Laphroaig [la-froyg] 15 is being replaced by a non-chill filtered [...]
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