Help needed - Laphroaig

[David Hallett]

At 11:56 a.m. 25/06/2006, you wrote:
>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?

Kia ora Peter,

One of my colleagues travels to Australia every three weeks, part of 
his journeying involves purchasing me a bottle at Sydney Airport.
Last week I asked him to acquire a Laphroaig 10YO Cask Strength, 
however, he turned up with a nice surprise -- it was the Quarter Cask!

Without hesitation I decided to perform a comparative tasting. I was 
surprised with this expression, considering that it's NAS bottling 
(apparently it's 5YO plus 7mths QC finishing).
Compared to the Laphroaig 10YO CS, it's much creamier, has stronger 
wood 'tones' and the sharp attack is much reduced.

I think the best bet is for you to also acquire said bottle and let 
us know what you think!

Best Regards,
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David Hallett, BSc, MNZCS
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