Laphroaig Quarter Cask

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 50 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Rich, sweet. A creamy wall from which a massive and thick smoke emerges, soothing back to dessert-like notes. Toffee, chocolate. Palate Again, peat is hidden behind sweetness coming from the quarter cask. Very bourboney. Cold ashes in the back. Finish Dry, spicy, sooty. Comment Smokiness takes time to rise up. No medicinal contribution from the peat. Keeps on smoke.

Dave Broom Nose Vanilla ice cream, then thrusting peat with deep tarry phenolic character. Dry, medicinal, singed notes. A crisp cereal character: burnt toast, roasted tea, smoked oats. Palate Cereal sweetness, a bang of medicinal peat which clamps to the tongue. Chewy with peat all the way, vying with sweet vanilla-heavy oak. Finish Smoky and peppery. Comment The deepest peatiness of all the young ones.