Help needed - Laphroaig

[clandrum]

Hi Peter,

I tasted them both masked/blind for the Malt Manaixs Awards 2005.

# 9 Laphroaig Quartercask 48% -   Comment: Toffee, malt and peat - peat
takes a while to come out - very solid - Laphroaig - Silver 86/100  - More
creamy than standard Laphroaig
#59 Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength  55.7% -  Comment:Sweet wood, toffee some
fruit -
peat becomes more obvious - sour fruit and peat in equal parts in the
palate, leather and tar and a reprise of slightly oily ointment - stable and
very well balanced - probably Lagavulin but might be Laphroaig - Silver
89/100 - More like Lagavulin than standard Laphroaig 10.

Cheers
Craig


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Wood <st.peter at PARADISE.NET.NZ>
To: MALTS-L at LISTS.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE <MALTS-L at LISTS.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE>
Date: Sunday, June 25, 2006 9:25 AM
Subject: Help needed - Laphroaig


>When family members come to NZ via Auckland airport I usually get them to
>bring me in a couple of 1L malts from the inbound Duty Free stores. Usually
>I ask for Ardbeg 10y and Laphroaig cask strength as being the best buys
>there. When I saw my wife off on a trip last Friday I noted there was a
>Laphroaig Quarter Cask bottling I haven't seen before. I like the Laphroaig
>Cask Strength (which I notice has dropped from ~57.3% to ~55.5%) and the
>Quarter Cask is only 48% (though a few$ cheaper), but I'm tempted.
>
>Can anyone offer a flavour comparison between these two?
>
>Peter Wood
>
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