Released in 2004, this bottling was aged for around five years before being finished in a quarter cask for several months, the size of the cask is quite small, thus does not require such a long maturation. This remains a truly great achievement from Laphroaig.
Oily and buttery nose, with toffee, nuttiness, hickory, bicarbonate of soda, rum and raisin ice cream and zest.
Big rush of sweetness, in fact it’s an explosion of sweetness, with fiery chilli heat, TCP, sweet cereals and a touch of cola syrup.
Medium-length, but becomes fruity, with custard and cigar smoke.
A modern classic, and one of the best, if not the best, young peaty whisky of this generation, fantastic stuff..
I might've overlooked Laphroaig a bit in recent years, as it has become so trendy, but a glass of this returned the old love to the brand. Quarter Cask is by far their best product, powerfult, salty, versatile... By far their best product!
The same, but dryer, and it will good. Drinkable, but very sweet and, to my opinion, sweetness and peat fit not together.
In my top 3 of best young whiskies alongside Edradour '03 bourbon cask and Auchentoshan Valinch 1st batch. And its consistantly brilliant too, 5 stars eeaasily..
Love the 10year, but adore the Quater Cask, a fantastic dram.
