Laphroaig 21 Year Old

Laphroaig Triple Wood

First, i am a lover of scotch whisky (Isle of Islay), single malt. A few days back i bought a bottle of Triple Wood, and i liked it, very much so. But i was dumbstruck, maybe naive of me, but i was !! Just above the bar-code, in a different language than English, i think Danish, it is printed; coloring with caramel ??!! (and so taste). Why my...

Score 85/100

Laphroaig 18 Year Old

Laphroaig distillery (the name means "the beautiful hollow by the broad bay") was established in 1815, by Alex and Donald Johnston. It was sold to Long John International in the 1960ies and subsequently became part of Allied Domecq. Today the distillery is owned by Beam Suntory, the American subsidiary of Japan's Suntory Holdings. The...

Score 86/100

Laphroaig 14 Years Douglas Laing Feis Ile 2015

As part of my trip to the Islay Whisky Festival a couple of weeks I tried to get into as many tastings as I could. One of them happened to be an interesting session with the guys over from Douglas Laing, the independent bottlers. Douglas Laing are an accomplished whisky bottler claiming to stay as true to the original spirit as possible. The...

Score 92/100

Laphroaig Cairdeas Feis Ile 2008

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 2008 release, with no age statement and the first to be called Cairdeas – which means friendship. I was...

Score 87/100