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I started this series around cask and batch-strength malts with an underappreciated, juicy, sherry-cask-driven malt blend, Old Perth’s take on cask-strength whisky. It is only fitting for the series to end on something diametrically opposite: a review of the Laphroaig 10-year-old cask strength. A heavily peated and often hyped Islay…
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Today marks a Road to Dram first. Not the blind tasting part. I have used blind tastings to close each section of my whisky journey a few times, the last for entry-level sherried whiskies. Today’s entry-level peated whisky blind tasting is no different. No, this is a first because it…
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Today I am wrapping up my first steps into peated single malt with a side-by-side quick snap comparison of the three peated entry-level whiskies I reviewed over the past week. I like having these quick side-by-side comparisons to help me fine-tune my opinion on what I tried. The side-by-side comparison…
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TL:DR: The original peat bomb, simple but reliable, delivering even at 40% abv Vote*: 6, Good stuff 5, Average in a god way For the last of my introductory peat drams I am choosing to review the Laphroaig 10 year old. This will probably be a controversial choice, a bit…
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