Laphroaig 2000 7 Year Old Un Chillfiltered Bottled 2007 Signatory Un-Chillfiltered Collection

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

Although it's summer when I write this. Quarter cask is best suited to the winter months. Sat in front of a lovely wood fire, after a bracing walk in the glens. It's quite close to the 10 year old. Maybe a touch sweeter, with a little less fire and fury. I would be more comfortable serving this to a friend less versed in Islay poetry. It's classic...

Score 90/100

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

Laphroaig's ten-year-old expression greets you with a full-throated shout of peat. There is no getting away from it. If you strongly dislike peaty smoke, you won't like this. But I don't and I do, if you see what I mean, which is extremely fortunate, since if you can get along with it this is a whisky to savour. The scent of peat is thick and...

Score 81/100

Laphroaig Cairdeas Feis Ile 2012

Thanks to my good friend Chris Lauriers – whisky ambassador for Belgium – I have the opportunity to try no less than 10 – ten! – Feis Ile bottlings from Laphroaig in a row from 2007 until 2016. This is going to be a trip to remember. This is the 2012 release that was named ‘Origin’. You will notice that the number of bottles has increased...

Score 88/100

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

Here is another one that I tasted at the bar and deemed it not good enough to buy. I gave it another try at another bar about a week later and my opinion went from bad to worse. For me it is downright repulsive because of the heavy smoke. I did try to keep the score higher than I would have so as to not bias the rating for those who may want to...

Score 60/100