This in no way, per our editorial policies, influenced the final outcome of this review. Càirdeas Port and Wine + 10 YO CS Batch 12 + Quarter Cask + Tasting Flight + 4 FoL Glasses - Hogmanay Bundle. Might be one to check out as it doesn’t ring a bell. Here in the Great Plains the best prices I can find on Laphroaig 10-year and Laphroaig Quarter Cask are $42 and $48 respectively. Milk & Honey - Whisky In Bloom - Double Cask, Kavalan Sherry Cask - The Whisky World Single Cask, Glen Scotia Rum Cask Finish Campbeltown Festival 2019, Valinch & Mallet Heaven Hill 10 Year Old SFWBSS Cask. Is it definitely chillfiltered? The nose was enlivening in some ways. By Margarett Waterbury / February 7, 2019 Editor’s Note: This whisky was provided to us as a review sample by Beam Suntory. In Whisky by Whisky MonsterAugust 23, 2016Leave a Comment, Country - Region: Scotland – Islay Distillery:  Laphroaig Type:  Single Malt Age:  NAS Barrel: Ex-Bourbon & Quarter Cask ABV: 48% Proof: 96 Price: $67. Delicious with a drop of water . In the mouth: earthy peat, some sea salt laced driftwood and damp moss. My once favorite distillery has fallen from grace. Laphroaig Quarter Cask. Quarter Cask Bundle - Beanie hat and whisky stones. Will have a Springbank 10 now, sorry for the rant! Except, whisky is meant to be consumed and in doing so, you begin to compare and contrast. Not to forget the 10, presented at the minimum of 40% and a long way from how it was when I started enjoying Islay single malts. The Islay-ness as been somewhat eroded and accessibility has moved in for a permanent residency. The youth shows itself in the profile which is peevish. Much like other whiskies, Laphroaig is distilled and then transferred to wood barrels in order to age. I know the Quarter Cask here is about 48%, and there's cask strength 10 year at closer to 60% (but it's certainly more expensive). Full sparkling gold. There’s definitely some degree of filtering going on. Laphroaig Quarter Cask is double matured in small sized quarter casks for a few months, after 5 years of resting in ex-Bourbon barrels. Jura as well, given some of the frankly excellent matured casks we’re now seeing come to market. Produit en stock - A saisir dès maintenant ! Christopher Null is the founder and editor in chief of Drinkhacker. I found Laphroaig Quarter Cask quite lovely a couple years ago. Between … Nose: Quarter casks offer intense vanilla and lemon curd aromas that blends into citrus peel, peat and sea offerings like sea salt and sea weed. Cet affinage offre au whisky un contact accru avec le chêne qui lui procure douceur et velouté pour compléter la tourbe caractéristique des whiskies Laphroaig. Natural Color. Notice things have slipped, or even improved. If you’re a lover of single malt scotch whisky, then Laphroaig needs no introduction. The Quarter Cask Scotch has another step, however. Others do paid-for content with brands. Promising, if a bit incoherent on the nose, then flat in the mouth and quite a harsh after taste. It's not as immediately accessible as the 10yo (which itself is not everyone's cup of tea) but if you stick with the Quarter Cask, you'll find it hard to go back to the 10yo … I like them both, but since the QC has more alcohol per volume, I don’t consider it a daily dram. Happy with the 10 and the 18. I don’t dislike this at all, especially for under £25, but that isn’t its normal price so I cannot award a value point here. Laphroaig Quarter Cask is double matured in small sized quarter casks for a few months, after 5 years of resting in ex-Bourbon barrels. Under the ownership of Beam, Suntory or combined nowadays, you cannot say that it has been a steady ride. Whisky Review: Laphroaig 28 Year Old. Maybe even that red square bottle of Ralph Lauren, Lauren that she rarely wore but sat on her dresser my whole childhood, ahh mom scents. I suppose it is very much like pouring scorn on an old masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. For my money, the 10-year is less of a peaty bonfire than the Quarter Cask. Yes, the quality has been eroded, but profits are probably up and that’s what it’s about nowadays. In the past we have been treated to. Haggis-like in parts with spices and cardamon, mace and toffee. 4.5 (122 Reviews) Special Offer £5 Off! The Quarter Cask is a staple for many and a step up from the widely available and often cheaply priced 10 year old expression. Talk about fantastic whiskies from Glenfiddich? For all that's been done to Laphroaig Select (Quarter Cask, PX barrels, Triple Wood), the complexity doesn't entirely come through. I don’t know which I prefer. It’s that age-old problem of what happens between the warehouse and the retail space. Thanks, A. Aggregate Reviews House Review Add your review. That’s part of the appeal of Malt I believe. december 24, 2020 williamswhiskydatabase Lämna en kommentar. No rant there, just the truth and I hope it stings a little at Laphroaig. My bad getting all giddy about scents and nostalgia, I’ll learn that lesson someday! In my part of Canada this sells (possibly, maybe in tiny volumes) For $88 Cdn. BUY IT NOW. Tumeric, bacon fat and more cardamon and liquorice. It just doesn’t have that mouth feel. Laphroaig Quarter Cask propose une expérience irrésistible, en raison de sa double maturation dans des fûts de chêne américain de petite taille ayant contenu du bourbon. €43.66 incl. £29.96 ex VAT (£51.36 per litre) Add to Basket. Is there another widely available Islay in this price point that’s above a 5 in your ratings? Etikettarkiv: Laphroaig Quarter Cask review. Just concentrate on a good whisky please. Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Islay, Laphroaig. VAT €203.93. ABV: 40% Age: NAS Price: $40-$45* Distiller: D. Johnston & Co. (Laphroaig) EYE Straw . Guess the market talks. Coastal elements with driftwood, grilled shiitake mushrooms, burnt liquorice and brown sugar. It is a cesspool and best avoided! Dad, what would you. Indian spice flavors come back to me, nigella seeds, turmeric and black pepper. I just wouldn't be serving this to a Laphroaig die-hard scotch drinker. The Review. Adding a splash of waters turns the experience into an unpleasant boggy water, lacking definition. And given my experiences alongside the Batch cask strength editions, the Quarter Cask is one of the core range options that many talk fondly of, whilst at the same time, expressing some concerns about Laphroaig in general. I expect it’s a release that almost everyone on the team has had and possibly appreciated over the years, without feeling the need to write about it. Over the years I’ve tried many different expressions but I always go back to the plain old 10yr at 40%. It’s easy to see why Laphroaig Quarter Cask has attracted so many fans. This is the 2017 release, which features a cask strength expression based on their core line product: Laphroaig Quarter Cask. It leaves me wanting more of what I found on the nose. The other more common one is Lore at 48%. There is a slight graininess to it that mixes with a bit of salt, dark fruit and bruleed sugar. On the nose: a familiar opening with wet rope, pencil shavings, stewed black tea and just that decaying autumnal vibe from a brisk woodland walk. The old labeling of the QC and earlier batches of 10 CS were just marvelous. Aged for an unknown period of time in ex-bourbon barrels, the whisky is then transferred to the smaller quarter casks for another unknown period of … On the nose: Crunchy sourdough toast smeared with apple butter. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. And that I feel speaks volumes not just about the whisky, but the distillery itself. I wouldn’t have even given this Laphroaig a second glance if it wasn’t for a recent Amazon discount that allowed me to purchase it for £24. We don’t want to sell advertising. Finish:Medium long and definitely very dry. I still have two older QC bottles and I do quite like it – it’s a nice winter dram, I reckon, I’m kinda happy I managed to get some nice bottles over the yrs and I guess I won’t buy new ones, esp. The iodine note seems to be missing from the equation, we’ll try water… oak spice, a muted blood orange. But we could do with your support each month – think of it as buying us a dram. Vous recherchez un LAPHROAIG Quarter Cask 48% ? I’m not up to speed with ownership history of the distillery, but I became a friend of the distillery at least ten years ago, so must have enjoyed the whisky then. The 16 available through amazon is amazing. And they’re pretty expensive for the average consumer too. Such fanciful images are dangerous things. They won't be happy. Possibly one for those who want that bit of peat and fancy an official bottling. For a youngish single malt, it is remarkably complex, and packed with bold flavors to boot. How disappointed I was after sitting down to enjoy this last night. Thanks, we try and showcase the honesty factor which seems to be working as people appreciate honesty and a scoring system that is candid. Laphroaig is far from alone in this respect as just up the road, Bowmore is a repeat offender. Meanwhile back on Islay, Laphroaig keeps on going. Review: Laphroaig Cairdeas Quarter Cask Edition 2017; Review: Laphroaig Cairdeas Madeira Edition 2016 ; Review: Laphroaig QA Cask and Cairdeas Port Wood Edition 2013; Laphroaig Cairdeas Port & Wine Casks Edition 2020 $100. While it is still maturing, it is transferred to quarter casks, the size of which are much smaller than average casks. NOSE Honey, malt, caramel and a noticeably more delicate peat than is traditionally in a glass of Laphroaig. These don’t affect our opinion and only help our running costs and keep Malt great. I’ve been a Laphroaig fan in the UK since the age of eighteen when my father introduced me to the strange stuff. While this whisky is one that I wouldn’t mind having around as a filler dram, I think where it lost me was the cohesiveness between the nose and palate. After a perfect vertical tasting with İstanbul Whisky Club, I evaluated Quarter Cask again and found myself with a different opinion than before. Needless to say I bought it once, and never since. I know the science as well. It’s really not worth any more, and I’ve enjoyed it before. But for these giants of Islay and Scotch, criticism isn’t welcome. Un très beau whisky qui allie douceur fruitée et tourbe. For the ones who like the balance between peat and vanilla, but a harsh palate this can be the one. Laphroaig Quarter Cask – Fresh Bottle Review. This tastes more like a “normal” peated single malt and lacks the medicinal blast to the face that Laphroaig is known for. €203.93 incl. The youth shows itself in the profile which is peevish. £204.92 Save £10.79. (Was £40.95) In Stock . Just because we get something for free, doesn’t guarantee a positive score or a deliberate attempt to avoid the issue of pricing. It has been some time since I’ve sipped this Laphroaig expression or any of their OB’s really. considering the prices…, reading your site might help since I don’t to Insta so my self-esteem is still somewhat higher . This one is average, nothing more, nothing less. For diehard peat lovers, however, this expression is an A- rather than a B+. This is one of my new faves. I'm surprised I haven't reviewed it yet. This review is on the product of one such undertaking: Quarter Cask . We don’t want to partner with brands. Opinions change in time. A veteran writer and journalist, he … However, increased surface area in smaller casks results in an amplified vanilla character, which is followed by peat and … Almost a taming of the Islay beast as it becomes more domesticated for the bar scene and the latest hipster speakeasy. Even at 48%, this feels underpowered on the palate. Competition is fierce and especially within the domain of Islay peat. The promise of the nose is lost at sea when the liquid is sampled. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. But then again, I’m a glass half empty sort of person, and as this glass sits before me half empty there’s a sense of disconcertment settling in. £35.95. I’m sure this bottle will maybe make a good whisky sauce for Burns Night or be a nice dram for guests as you suggest! The quarter cask was always a staple Islay given the price point. Then some scents I had scan to identify, reminiscent of my mom’s patchouli, amber, and sandalwood hippy stuff. Nose: Rich cream, peat, ashy iodine smoke, fish, pepper. Colour. This dram is a huge step up from the 10 year old for my taste … They could be doing much better than this. I’ve had the Laphroaig 10 and Quarter Cask, Ardebg, and Lagavulin 16. Ok, the 18yr olds and some of the cairdeas are superb, but they don’t actually improve on the basic Laphroaig experience. Such a venture confirms the spirit is still in good condition and able to delight at times – where other bottlings fall short. Yes, I was wondering what’s happened to Simon and the boys. Sadly, the Lidl bottle that goes up later today isn’t something we can all find or is always in stock. Scotch . Overall its a very well presented single malt. Art like whisky has a timeless quality. This whisky has a blunt oakiness on the palate that goes one step beyond assertive, it’s downright aggressive. VAT €119.92. But the bottom line is regardless of filtering and caramel, it’s average. As you rightly suggest, you try it and its totally obvious. Followed by Sharpie permanent marker, I’ve found this in another Laphroaig expression, a Cairdeas I think. After some more searching I get some dirt covered peated caramels, ashy extinguished coals, and old damp newspaper. Laphroaig Quarter Cask has been a staple of my whisky cabinet for the last 4 or 5 years. Cult-favorite Islay distillery Laphroaig is basically synonymous with peat. Going back a relatively short period of time highlights the shortcomings of several core range editions. On the finish maybe some dried rose petals with some vetiver. A warm soft peat lolls out of the glass followed by vanilla, wood and some smoked meat. Christopher Null. The rest is pretty ropey. There seems a need to tick every box by offering a certain cask type or flavour. Required fields are marked *. Tasting notes Nose: This is sweet and very peaty. Add to Basket; Estimated Delivery. This is also available via SharedPour for $89.99. I might have gotten a little too excited too soon, which as we know the higher the hopes, the harder they come crashing down, right? My memory, suggests that it is a slight step up from the variable 10 you’ll find under every rock. Another disheartening review of OB Laphroaig. At 48% ABV, it's also a good bit stronger than the regular Laphroaig 10yo (40% ABV) which makes it even better value for money. I’m often told that I don’t like peat, sherry or even Bimber, Jura, Balvenie, Glenfiddich etc. Fairly standard stuff. Mere names don’t matter as much as they once did. There’s a dram and we should pick up one again soon here. Your email address will not be published. He is also the online editor for Distilled. On the nose: a familiar opening with wet rope, pencil shavings, stewed black tea and just that decaying autumnal vibe from a brisk woodland walk. It’s inoffensive and somewhat pedestrian. It doesn’t have a sell-by date or best-before label. IMO the power of the QC is that it’s quite approachable for a Laph for Islay newcomers, and Amazon love to discount it to around £28 (dropped to £25 this Black Friday), so it’s a good gateway dram. Your email address will not be published. Photographs provided by Rose who is worth a follow on Instagram. Certainly the latter do benefit from a more natural presentation. The Laphroaig Cairdeas 2017 edition is finished in a quarter cask – and it tastes like it. There’s a disconnect. For you the mere reader, and the majority others, we have to plough the independent scene for our Laphroaig fix. Rating 8.5/10. Laphroaig Quarter Cask Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky; Distillery Bottling; 70cl / 48% Add to Wishlist. Released in 2004, this bottling was aged for around five years before being finished in a quarter cask for several months, the size of the cask is quite small, thus does not require such a long maturation. It's outstanding: immensely flavourful, packed full of peat-smoke, sea-air and iodine - like Laphroaig 10yo on steroids. It’s heartening to think that people actually read my articles and then come to some form of preconception. The pricing comments are quite interesting. We know the distillate remains good, just in between the warehouse and the bottling hall, things go to hell. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. An episode of The Whisk(e)y Vault hosted at Whisky Marketing School in Austin, TX.Today we talk about Laphroaig Quarter Cask from Laphroaig Distillery. Guess COVID stops everything right now. Laphroaig Quarter Cask Review March 5, 2017 August 24, 2017 J.R. Bergey Today I’m taking a look at one of my favorites, Laphroaig Quarter Cask. Do wonder though if the annual release 10 cask strength is genuinely 3x better? Palate has a ton of ginger and pepper notes which creates a great deal of dryness. Press Esc to cancel. The signature Laphroaig character but smoother, sweeter, and a darker color. Anyhow, the palate just fell flat for me and I think that’s a damn shame. So, when Rover asked me if I wanted to join in on notes, I thought it could be interesting to dive in again without any real preconceptions. However now I've bought a bottle I'm signed up to the Friends of Laphroaig on their website, and there are a lot more varieties on there. You can reach out via Instagram. Palate has a ton of ginger and pepper notes which creates a great deal of dryness. As always, other retailers might offer better value subject to any special offers. Having recently tried the new label of QC and contemporary 10s just make me sad. Far greater contact between whisky and oak make this a kind of supercharged expression. We’re featuring convenient commission links in this review if you want to utilise and make a purchase. In the mouth: Initially just a muddle of the above, earthy, sweet, peaty, salty but all less distinct. I’m the same with Talisker. This is pretty disappointing to read that the quality has gone down so much. Smell: Honey & vanilla with lemon, toffee, biscuit, burnt toast and wood ash.The Laphroaig peat is there, but more restrained than I’ve ever come across it before. Intro: This is an annual, limited release of Laphroaigs Cairdeas line. Laphroaig Quarter Cask nails the basics of being an approachable and enjoyable Islay malt, while also offering a boldness and intensity to satisfy the more die hard peat heads. We're working on a solution. 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TASTING NOTES; AWARDS; TASTING NOTES. The impact of the extra wood is unmistakeable and serves to make this a more affable whisky. I had previously owned the Quarter Cask, but presently couldn’t remember any details, well besides the Laphroaiginess. Yeah, that’s too much but I suppose we can say that about many whiskies in Canada. Stay away from Instagram. Sadly a loss of the fruity and perfumy elements I was enjoying. Laphroaig Quarter Cask. Such an ability is the privilege of a chosen few or those who were able to squirrel away bottles for future enjoyment. The staple 10yr simply can’t really be beaten. In the interim I had migrated to Caol Ila, so I’ll be going back to that, probably before I finish the Laphroaig, which might be relegated to guests drinks only! Suggesting that very little has changed at the distillery and with their whisky. House Review . Laphroaig has a marketing problem. This Laphroaig release is available everywhere including Master of Malt for £38.25, The Whisky Exchange will request £40.95 … Then, I’ll say, please read the 2017 Speyside incarnation. Laphroaig Quarter Cask Bottling Note. So it leaves me questioning, if this was bottled at cask strength, or even not been given the uncool filtering treatment, maybe, just maybe it wouldn’t be lacking here? Le meilleur choix de whisky laphroaig. We’re plugging some gaps in the Malt coverage and this maintenance brings us to the Laphroaig Quarter Cask. Laphroaig Quarter Cask est un whisky tourbé affiné dans des fûts de chêne de petite taille ayant contenu du bourbon. Ce Single Malt non filtré à froid mûrit dans un premier temps sur la même base que tous les whiskies Laphroaig puis le whisky est transféré dans des "Quarter Casks", des petits fûts dans lesquels l’eau-de-vie reste reposer au sein des entrepôts … So, never presume a distillery won’t have its day here or moment in the upper echelons of our fair scoring system. However, it starts out and ends as a big peat bomb, so whisky-drinkers who dislike smoke (and there are plenty of them out there) won’t like it. At their current full-price, I think that’s the way to go. Laphroaig does a nice job integrating younger malt as an asset to the final product, rather than an element that needs to be worked around. In all cases, I do like a good whisky, or at least what I believe is a good whisky. La finale est très longue, assez sèche avec des notes de fruits exotiques. This was a standard size bottle (750mL) at 48% ABV. Bimber for instance has received very good scores even though I’ve resisted the urge to jump up and down like a crazed fan at a Duran Duran concert and throw my knickers at the stage. Laphroaig 10 and Quarter Cask: One Year Observations, Ben Bracken 16 Year Old Rare Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Laphroaig Quarter Cask. Pepper notes spread to the mouth with spikes. €119.92 incl. This cask strength whisky already existed in the core range and it survived the brand makeover of 2019. Thankfully we have honest reviews like yours, educating interested people in the right direction! This is magnified if you’re fortunate enough jump back even further. It’s readily available here locally, and the price isn’t terrible at $59.99. Aye but has to be heavily discounted to find its spot, which makes you think it its a regular sale item – just drop the price permanently. In reality, this Laphroaig release is available everywhere including Master of Malt for £38.25, The Whisky Exchange will request £40.95 and Amazon currently demand £38.25. This one feels bogged down in wood, caramel, whatever…. That might be a future comparison, but for now, circa £40, this just doesn’t move me in the way you’d expect from a Laphroaig. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. The iodine of the Laphroaig 10 (which I love) is not really there. Laphroaig Quarter Cask presents a clearly different take on Laphroaig’s legendary flavor profile with a whisky that is nicely balanced, slightly restrained, and very dry. Totally agree with much of what is said here. Reviews . Multibuy Deal x 6. Springbank 10? We can't actually ship Laphroaig Quarter Cask to you in United States at the moment. Still, it's a fine whisky that's going to please a crowd that's never had Laphroaig. Quarter Cask + Socks - Hogmanay Bundle . A 5 is average and from there it becomes good, very good, excellent, superb and reaching the legendary 10: Tormore. The new oak overshadows much of what we might expect. Jason is based in Scotland and is Malt's Chief Engineer. As for Balvenie, the Tuns are great if increasingly expensive. Now, years later, I found it even shallower. Sage growing on a mulchy coast side, an old mildewing woodpile, white plaster walls moist with sea salted rain, the iodine of pungent seaweed washed ashore. They may tug at the heartstrings, but nowadays we vote with our wallet more than ever before. ABV: 48 % Origin: Islay Type: Single Malt Bottles in collection: 1 Emptied bottles: 0 Impression: 5/5. Laphroaig’s focus at the moment seems to be cask finishes, at least within their core range. Some of the big whisky websites are funded by corporate groups. That timeless quality ensures our appreciation throughout time, regardless of the year. The cask strength is much better as are these Williamsons. Whisky reviews, news & features without favour. However, increased surface area in smaller casks results in an amplified vanilla character, which is followed by peat and lemon zest. Suppose its all trade off’s when you are trying to hit that price/value sweet spot? Caol Ila is so reliable right and Laphroaig can be when bottled by indies as Williamson – had a couple recently that highlight the point. I believe Laphroaig Quarter Cask is a decent young Islay whisky, however when the pricing is compared to regular Laphroaig 10 year old, it might change your mind easily. We don’t want to sell out, because we want to keep challenging the industry. I guess I should consider myself lucky for having my fill of good OB Laph before the merger. Taste: Honey, vanilla, dry oak, pepper, a touch of paprika-like heat.There is an undercurrent of smoke that makes its presence known without ever smashing your teeth in the way a Laphroaig is supposed to. Laphroaig's John Campbell explains that usage of the quarter cask (125 litres, a quarter of the size of a sherry cask) dates back to the 19th century. The difference is that the company ages their liquor (at least, initially) in American oak barrels in a double maturation process (two ex-bourbon barrels are used). Purchased December 2018 for $89.00 CAD. It’s replaced by the sweeter notes of the Ximenez cask. It is rather sad that a distillery with it’s natural advances and deep history of great Islay malt’s has become a chill filtrated, caramel added middle of the road experience. Yes, they do have a marketing problem. Funnily enough Jules got me one when it popped up on Amazon for £25. 24th November 2019. Here the smoke is even more pronounced than with the aroma. Peat and smoke settles at the back of the palate and followed by chili peppers. Laphroaig Select Review. Arran Quarter Cask ‘The Bothy’ is finished for two years in 125 litre quarter casks, after the initial maturation in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels for 7 years. Laphroaig Quarter Cask Review. Some notes of brown sugar mingle with Indian spices, brown whole grain mustard and pecans in browned butter. VAT €43.66. It is considerably old (1815), and has used a slightly different technique in the crafting of this particular whisky. This includes the recent release from Chapter 7 and Lady of the Glen – that’s despite Gregor failing to comprehend our scoring system. Review: Laphroaig Quarter Cask Single Malt Scotch Whisky /December 28, 2019 Laphroaig is a distillery on Islay, a small Scottish island renowned for its whiskies – many of which are heavily peated. I had almost the exact same experience as a result of the Amazon offer. Shop now . Laphroaig Quarter Cask – Jason’s review Colour: caramel. Read more about our new Patron offering, or hit the button below to contribute. 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