Laphroaig 1977 Bottled 1999 Berry Bros & Rudd

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

Since I’ve been reviewing all the popular drams lately, I would be remiss to not include the ol’ QC. It’s a classic by any standard, and shame on me for taking so long to get around to it. It’s not the most balanced, the peatiest, the most complex, or the most refined whisky to be found. For me it’s a beautiful dram for one main reason; it...

Score 89/100

Laphroaig Cairdeas 2015

Cairdeas means ‘friendship’ in Gaelic, so this is a well-chosen name for the Feis Ile bottlings. This time it is the so-called 200th Anniversary Edition (after all, the distillery was founded in 1815), especially for the friends of Laffie. I heard through the grapevine that it is a distillate from August 2003, making it 12 years old. The nose...

Score 87/100

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

This was an overproof so I put a little water in it. It was on sale ($4 off) up here in Northwestern Ontario so I got the bottle for $65.95 and the 48 percentage seemed like a selling point over the regular 40. I love overproofs and I was willing to try this out specifically because it is supposed to be 'peaty'. Nose: Very musky and woody, it...

Score 90/100

Laphroaig Cask Strength 10 Year Old

Forced to choose a preference among the Big Three Peat Monsters of Islay, those whose cupolas serve sentry duty on the southern shores, I would have to admit to being a proud passenger on the Ardbeg bandwagon. Lagavulin is a very close second; closer than the objects appear in your rear-view mirror, in fact. If I rank Laphroaig third, I still...

Score 91/100