Laphroaig Collection

Laphroaig An Cuan Mor

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....

Score 87/100

Laphroaig 7 Year Old Signatory

...that's what i'll describe the feeling of this 7 year old dram from Signatory bottling. it's almost like having the liquid showered in to my mouth in sweltering tropical island. the nose gave the distinctive Laphroaig aroma and the taste was delightful as it gave warm salty yet rich and powerful Islay character. purchased at an odd liquor shop...

Score 98/100

Laphroaig 14 Year Old 1998 Blackadder Raw Cask

Raw Cask means cask sediment, those ugly little black bits in your glass. I do not care much for those, I admit. Seems more like a gimmick, since the whisky is filtered, despite appearances. If it were not, it would contain splinters and such as well, no? Anyway, this very pale Laffie was bottled by Blackadder. It smells rather antiseptic, but not...

Score 80/100

Laphroaig smws 29.111 Lemon over oysters on a beach

Recently I've received my membership pack from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in which there were four sample bottles of cask strength whisky. The whiskies were from a variety of whisky regions of Scotland and a variety of ages, running from ten years to twenty-one years old. The first one I cracked open was the Campbeltown because it was the...

Score 88/100