A new Laphroaig?

by **Jan** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:21 pm

Seems the Issue #60 thread is not much visited, so I thought I would repost my question here;

Page 25: Laphroaig vertical tasting: At the bottom Dominic writes: Roll on the new 25yo.

A slip of the tongue? A new 25yo Laphroaig in the works?

Sounds exciting - has anybody heard of this?

by **vitara7** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:59 pm

not heard, but i have seen the 1987 for the masinon du whisky. ive been trying to mail thm to buy a bottle, but i dont speak french so my mail have been in english and i havent been getting a reply. has anyone else used them before?
triede the distillery to see of they had any the bottles there in the same way balvenie done with the rumwood for the masion du whisky, but no luck.

by **irishwhiskeychaser** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:07 pm

vitara7 wrote:not heard, but i have seen the 1987 for the masinon du whisky. ive been trying to mail thm to buy a bottle, but i dont speak french so my mail have been in english and i havent been getting a reply. has anyone else used them before?
triede the distillery to see of they had any the bottles there in the same way balvenie done with the rumwood for the masion du whisky, but no luck.

I've purchased off them before and got responses to all my mails and I too did it through English. Never had any issues with them. Maybe the english speaker is on leave :wink:

by **Spirit of Islay** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:07 pm

Hi Vitara7 ,
I've been told your better off ringing up to make an order in English at M du W ( from an American) , apparently they are very understanding (probably due to money being involved lol! ) .

Slainte
Gordon

by **vitara7** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:11 pm

ill give them a call tommorw and give it as go.
there were a couple of exclusive m du w bottles i fancied, and i even toyed with the idea of taking the other half to paris for valentines day just to visit the shop they have, well, i assume its a shop, i seen a paris postal address for them.

could have got a some browny points and a few bottles

but would prefer to just get them posted as im tight

by **Spirit of Islay** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:31 pm

vitara7 wrote: i even toyed with the idea of taking the other half to paris for valentines day just to visit the shop they have

What an old romantic you are ! :wink:

by **vitara7** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:41 pm

i know

by **kallaskander** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:00 am

Hi there,

I do not know how many bottles have been filled of the 1987 but I read that some German whisky sellers have a few bottles of it. You might not find them in the usual German internet shops though.

Greetings
kallaskander

by **vitara7** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:14 am

there were 1300ish bottles of the 1987, thatnks for the pointer, ill look through some of the german web sites.

cheers

by **jimidrammer** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:51 pm

Jan, I also saw that remark about the 25yo, maybe replacing the 30yo. I've always thought Laphroaig needed something between 15 and 30 added to their range. Here's to hoping. I'm so fond of the Talisker 25yo C/S, maybe Laphroaig can release something to compete or should I say compeat. :roll:

by **Jan** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:09 pm

jimidrammer wrote:Jan, I also saw that remark about the 25yo, maybe replacing the 30yo. I've always thought Laphroaig needed something between 15 and 30 added to their range. Here's to hoping. I'm so fond of the Talisker 25yo C/S, maybe Laphroaig can release something to compete or should I say compeat.

Yeah, I agree - they lack something in the premium area pricewise. (The 30 & 40 year old is super premium in this context.)

Here's to hope....

by **kallaskander** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:08 pm

Hi there,

I heard somewhere that the Laphroaig 30 years which comes in a green coloured wooden box her in Germany is to be discontinued. A 25 could well be the replacement.

Greetings
kallaskander