Laphroaig reviews

As we endure this frigid ice and winter storm, my desire for cask strength peat is especially strong. So here we have the 2017 Cairdeas released as a cask strength quarter cask. It was matured for around…

This review is of a sample kindly donated by @RianCI tried it neat initially but found it needs a little water to tame the heat. NoseBonfires, TCP, wet straw, toffeePalateQuite a thin mouthfeel, but the…

This summer The Whisky Jury released two single casks from 2010 with the name Williamson on the label. This clearly refers to Elizabeth Williams – Bessie for short – and thus means Laphroaig. Cask twj…

If you know your Scotch history a bit, you are aware that Williamson refers to the legendary Elizabeth Leitch ‘Bessie’ Williamson, the first female distillery manager in history. From 1954 until 1972 she…

The guys of the Ypres Whisky Friends have realized their first club bottling. It’s an Islay Blended Malt, although that is to be taken with a grain of salt. The cask number leaves no doubt that this is…

At Only You Boutique Hotel Madrid, over a nice conversation with my uncle.An intense and bright golden to amber pour. Aroma is really intense, one of the most intense whiskies I've tasted: of course the…

Laphroaig has released a special, limited edition bottling every year since 2008, named Cairdeas. For those not fluent in Gaelic, "Cairdeas" (pronounced "CAR-chiss" or "CAR-chase") means "friendship".…

Laphroaig Quarter Cask has been a staple of my whisky cabinet for the last 4 or 5 years. I'm surprised I haven't reviewed it yet. Laphroaig's John Campbell explains that usage of the quarter cask (125…

This little number is basically the cask strength version of the standard Triple Wood: ex-bourbon barrels, quarter casks and European Oloroso casks. Non-chill filtered. Oh, and on the label it says "We…

Looks like I have a couple of Cairdeaseseses kicking around - one is the 2018 Fino, and other is the 2019 Triple Wood. Shall we?The 2018 edition was matured in first fill ex-bourbon casks, then finished…