Laphroaig 13 Year Old Duncan Taylor Rare Auld

Laphroaig Cooper's Choice 2002 10 Year Old

The Cooper's Choice is the brand name of the Vintage Malt Whisky Co., an independent bottler. Why are they called "Cooper's Choice"? Well, the notes on the cardboard tube tell us that the casks are chosen by "the man who made the barrel." Really? Well, unless they are yanking a Kentucky cooper across the pond to pick the cask...

Score 81/100

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

We glared at each other from across a barren lamp-lit table - a tentative neophyte and a monolith of phenolic devastation, whose insidiousness lay cloaked behind a charming emerald facade. The first encounter was an object lesson in oral brutality. My mouth filled instantly with billowing clouds of filthy coal smoke and austere minerals. Water...

Score 82/100

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

Neat- tried cut and uncut. Uncut, the pour is a viscous amber orange with honey viscosity. Widely spaced legs emerge. The nose is very meaty with fatty steak. An overall soft nose is accentuated by honey, lavender, mild spicy alcohol. Taste brings dried Ancho chilis, spicy orange peel, subdued alcohol heat. Finish is woody, unbalanced in the...

Score 74/100

Laphroaig 13 Year Old 1998 A.D. Rattray

The independent bottler A.D. Rattray (previously Dewar Rattray) bottled part of a sherry butt (where did the rest go, I wonder?) that was filled with Laphroaig spirit on 23 March 1998. At what strength did they cask this beast, if you consider the fact that it is bottled after 13 years (on 27 April 2011) at a strength of 63,9%? You must approach...

Score 90/100