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Posted on
27 Nov 2007
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Having been a Laphroaig drinker for many years, I must say I was more than pleasantly surprised to nose and naturally taste the quarter cask. I was even more surprised that my wife had noticed it on a supermarket shelf and bought it for me! I found it extremely enjoyable from the first to the last drop which sadly came too soon. Maybe I will have to take the wife Christmas Shopping?
Posted By: David Hughes. North Wales
Posted on
11 Aug 2008
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Glad I bought this ! More subtle than the 10 year old and has oak and nuts in the nose as well as the usual signature laphroig smells. The taste is full and builds into the smoke with a long finish. Quite sweet too - wow !
Posted By: davey boy
Posted on
22 Aug 2008
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Deeper, richer, sweeter, stronger, more medicinal and more peaty than the 10 y-o. The quarter-cask process is a winner, and 48% is a lovely strength. This is my favourite Laphroaig. Not much dearer than the 10 y-o, and sometimes can be found cheaper. I always have a bottle on the go, and another full one in reserve. Quarter-cask nights are special. Breathtaking stuff.
Posted By: AW
Posted on
21 Dec 2008
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You wouldn't thing it was younger than the 10 or the 16 year old, so smooth is it. The medicinal peatiness is also more intense. Experts can probably get more out of the older products. Its wonderfull.
Posted By: Phil Robinson
Posted on
22 Dec 2008
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My first introduction to Laphroaig was the 10 year old, which I fell in love with. The quarter cask however has vibrant aromas with a powerful complexity of flavours followed by a long smooth warm finish.I can’t seem to find the Grandparents' musty apartments as described by Dr. Whisky! I’ll enjoy this for years to come.
Posted By: JB
Posted on
28 Dec 2008
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I was bought this as a christmas present last year, and have now aquired the taste for peat! This year, i had another bottle bought for me, and have also tried Lagavulin 16yo - I'm torn between the two... Buy both and see how you get on. Not for the faint hearted!
Posted By: PR - Kent
Posted on
15 Jan 2009
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This is a more complex and reserved expression of Laphroaig than the two 10 y.o. Both sweet and sour (the extra cask adds more than it takes), campfire as much as peat smoke at times but that Laphroaig length is always behind it pushing toward shore against the tide. I can only dream about what the cask strength version would taste like. Maybe we'll get the chance in a future expression...
Posted By: AJ, Glasgow
Posted on
17 Feb 2009
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Big peat and smoke,vanilla lingering in the background.Do I like it,hell yeah!!!!!
Posted By: Barto
Posted on
08 Mar 2009
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Having considered the merits of this over a few weeks, compared to the other two uber-peaty Islay malt 'big guns' available for a sensible outlay - Ardbeg 10 and Lag 16 - I am minded to give this the crown. Yep, the big centre-stage peaty song-and-dance turns up the volume - as you might obviously expect with this - but once you get beyond the medicinal warmth there's a quite exceptional, and pleasantly surprising, sweetness of finish. An absolute steal at this price.
Posted By: Liversage
Posted on
14 Mar 2009
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I got a bottle for ?23 the bargain of the century. Along with caol Ila my current fave from Islay with Bowmore 12 just behind.
Posted By: davey boy
Posted on
02 May 2009
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Fans of this please try Caol Ila 12 year old as you will love that too.
Posted By: Captain Clot
Posted on
08 Nov 2009
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A typical islay one, but a bit more smoky than Lagavulin and almost identical to Ardbeg 10 years old.
Posted on
16 Nov 2009
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This stuff is like medicine - one to avoid. It tastes like iodine mixed with dettol and savlon. Apparently cigar smokers "enjoy" it because they can still taste some modicum of whisky whils smoking.Not even remotely drinkable IMHO.Ardbeg any day to this muck.Yuck
Posted on
21 Nov 2009
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They call it Quarter CASK but it actually comes in a Bottle. What a rip off!
Posted By: Dave T. - Cambs.
Posted on
27 Nov 2009
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I just bought a bottle . I agree with comments about the caol ila . I ilke the nose and the long complex finish more so than the pallat . A new discivery for me and i really like it .
Posted By: andy
Posted on
03 Jan 2010
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I like Lagavulin and Ardbeg but I just can't quite get into this. It doesn't come across as complex to me. A bit of toffee, a lot of smoke, an oily taste like hash oil. Industrial. The other Islay malts have more of a balancing sweetness in my opinion.
Posted on
04 Jan 2010
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Very Nice ... would like it more if it had an oiler mouth feel.
Posted By: Yank
Posted on
26 Jan 2010
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This is a really good islay whisky, but I love it mixed with a little Laphroaig 15. They really complement each other. Adding a little 15 (around a 1/3 or more) to this well rounded malt, gives it the complexity it lacks (which is the only thing).
Posted By: Matt
Posted on
29 Jan 2010
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I love the Laphroaig QC. Only one problem: my wife is now drinking my whisky. She used to wrinkle her nose at the Laphroaig 10, 15, Laga 16, etc. Made the mistake of getting caol ila and it seems she's acquired a taste for islay. Thought, "oh yeah? I'll try QC. Surely, it will have too much attitude and she'll stick with her little gin/tonics."No luck. And now, I must share!
Posted By: mykl
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Tasting Notes by Dr. Whisky
Seductive smells. Ripe, new-make barley sweetness. A barbecue. A flower. A sooty chimney. A horse. A can of condensed milk. A slice of apple and a piece of Gouda. An amazingly tactile nose, if that makes sense; the aromas seem to make physical contact, they touch me.
Oak. Fruit. Grandparents' musty apartments. Soft impact that is very sensual and easy at the higher-than-normal abv%. Toffee and stubbed cigarettes. Nutty cheesiness. Slow arrival of a huge peaty impact and a cloud of smoke. Smoky finish with biscuity chewiness hanging around.
SUMMARY: An absolute treat to drink. Full-on and not for every mood, but hearty as a good stew. A sweeter, softer, friendlier Laphroaig that still manages to fill every corner of the house of your senses with the medicinal peatiness in ways that only Laphroaig can. And should. And does.
[These tasting notes are reproduced from www.drwhisky.blogspot.com] |
Tasting Notes by TF
Nose: Powerful smoke, sweet malt, wet turf, coal. Develops chocolate & cinnamon.
Palate: Full-bodied, rich and mouth-coating. Delicious sweet gristy malt and rich peat, woodsmoke. The coal appears mid-palate.
Finish: Very long, sweet and smoky, with the coal lingering longest.
Comment: A belter. Denser and deeper than the 10 yr-old. Very more-ish. |
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Laphroaig
Part of the triumvirate of heavily-peated southern Islay malts, alongside LVMH's Ardbeg and Diageo's Lagavulin, Laphroaig was founded in 1810 by brothers Alexander and Donald Johnston (although the official year of start-up is given as 1815 on the company's labels and literature). The histories of Lagavulin and Laphroaig have been closely tied together, with Lagavulin said to have been founded by Alex and Donald's father, John.
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