Thread: Scotch/whiskey of the day

Having some celebratory Laphroaig Quarter Cask, celebrating being done with law school - I walk on Saturday! Man, I love the Islay single malts, I just can't get enough of that smoke. This bottle has less of the smokey flavor and smell than the Laphroaig 10, but still just an excellent scotch! Cheers!

Congratulations, Joel!

Originally Posted by JoelLewicki

Having some celebratory Laphroaig Quarter Cask, celebrating being done with law school - I walk on Saturday! Man, I love the Islay single malts, I just can't get enough of that smoke. This bottle has less of the smokey flavor and smell than the Laphroaig 10, but still just an excellent scotch! Cheers!

Really? It's been so long since I tasted the Laphroaig 10, and as I remember the Quarter Cask is more smokey than the 10. Perhaps I should give the Laphroaig 10 another try.

Originally Posted by Peterlh

Really? It's been so long since I tasted the Laphroaig 10, and as I remember the Quarter Cask is more smokey than the 10. Perhaps I should give the Laphroaig 10 another try.

My assessment would be that they're as smokey, but the ten year old is kind of drier so you really notice the smokiness. The quarter cask I find to be slightly sweeter with other flavours in the mix more prominently which I think kind of masks the smokiness a little. I haven't tried them both side by side though, that would be a very enjoyable experiment.

It's the weekend, right?
Tonight's dram is Cutty Sark Prohibition.

Looking at lower priced bottles at the moment. Torn between Ledaig 10 (Tobermory 10 is excellent), Longrow Peated and Arran 10...

Originally Posted by PigHog

Looking at lower priced bottles at the moment. Torn between Ledaig 10 (Tobermory 10 is excellent), Longrow Peated and Arran 10...

Longrow peated is very nice and very interesting but doesn't give you the smoke hit you get with ledaig (if my memory of ledaig is accurate). The peat in longrow is more earthy in expression I think, I gather they get their peat from somewhere different to most other distilleries and it gives a bit of a different flavour. I'm working on a review at the moment. Never tried Arran 10.

It's Laphroaig 10 tonight. Someday I need to travel to Islay!

Originally Posted by PigHog

Looking at lower priced bottles at the moment. Torn between Ledaig 10 (Tobermory 10 is excellent), Longrow Peated and Arran 10...

I can't speak from experience on the Ledaig or the Longrow, but I can tell you that I found the Arran 10 to be excellent. Highly recommend trying that one. Most comparable to a Springbank. But it is not a Springbank. I am enjoying my bottle.

On another note, I have recently discovered Dry Fly Distilling's Washington Wheat. Currently enjoying that bottle, and would encourage anyone to pick up a bottle if wheat whisky is to your liking.

I recently discovered that you get more of a smokey peatiness from Longrow if you drink it from a tumbler. It's kind of the same with Laphroaig I find, more medicinal in a glencairn and more smokey in a tumbler. I recommend trying a few different shaped glasses with the same whisky, it's quite interesting.