Laphroaig reviews

My kids are in bed, exhausted from their opening performance in “Annie Jr.”, my wife is out celebrating her birthday with friends, and I’m able to sit down and catch up with a review or 2. Who am I…

I'm sitting here waiting for my new BBQ to be delivered, so hey let's review Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength, and try it side-by-side with the standard 10 Year Old. This Cask Strength bottle is from…

The reviewed bottle has been open for 12 days and is 75% fullColour: pale yellow, but not extremely lightNose: crisp, slightly bitter peat is the first to greet, followed by soft mellow sweetness on a…

Douglas Laing continues to keep things fresh with one of the latest releases.. The consortium of cards is a limited release of Old Particular bottles that has been themed around a pack of cards.. The…

The Laffie 10 is such a classic that I do not have to make any kind of introduction, right? This one was bottled in 2013. It should be present in every cabinet, actually. Suprisingly sweet nose on melon…

While this is also a refill hogshead, the color is much darker than that of sister cask 10798 that I just tried. Sherry cask? The ABV is just a tad lower. This Laffie was also bottled by Douglas Laing…

A Laffie of a quarter century old, of which a bottle will set you back some 600 EUR? Craziness! Or is it? Is it just me? Must be. Glad I was able to score a sample of this, as I cannot afford a full…

Every couple of weeks I wake up with a hankering for Islay and since I don’t have the luxury of being spontaneous I do the next best thing. I go over the hundreds of pictures and videos I have in my…

I was introduced to this bottling by @Victor - I believe from Batch 5, and I fell in love with it. Saw this for $52 in Vermont and had to get a bottle - that is a terrific deal.Recommended to drink…

So, here's an update on the same bottle of Laphroaig CQ that at first made a positive impression on me, but then slipped into utter mediocrity. So much so that I just couldn't help writing a second,…