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Reviews by: Carl Hagen
Aberlour A'bunadh Dec 31st 2010
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- Reviewer
- Carl Hagen
- Color
- Copper
- Nose
- Maple Syrup with a hint of perhaps mandarin. I don't detect much peat or smoke here, just enough to round out the sweetness. None of the harshness that one would expect from the high alcohol content.
- Body
- Thick, syrupy and sensual. The smoothness is not to be believed. Liqueur like! More like I would expect a much older whisky to be.
- Palate
- Maple Syrup again! I love the sweetness, and I would like to pour it all over my pancakes! No excessive alcohol flavours. Very sophisticated and very expensive. If somobody told me they had paid hundreds of dollars, I would believe it. Pure bliss!
- Finish
- Smoooooth, all the way down. A beautiful, rich sweetness lingers in the mouth. No unpleasant alcohol aftertaste or dryness.
Superlative! This is how I have always dreamed that a prohibitively expensive dram would taste. This supersedes any fantasies I have had about perfect whisky. This is pure luxury, unexcelled. I will dream of this at night, and I must have a dram before I go to bed at night!
Laphroaig Quarter Cask Dec 31st 2010
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- Reviewer
- Carl Hagen
- Color
- Amber/Gold
- Nose
- Bandaid at first, settling into intense smoke and peat
- Body
- Beautifully thick and smooth, syrup like with a taste of honey. Almost like a liqueur, say a Drambuie consistency. Utterly delightful!
- Palate
- Remarkably smooth for a taste of peat and smoke. Astonishing smoothness, in fact.
- Finish
- Talk about a conflict of the senses! Extreme smokiness with unbelievable smoothness!
Amazing! The first time I poured it into a glass, I was reminded of a box of bandaids. It gradually levelled off to smokiness. Matter of fact, there was a huge fire at a building down the street yesterday. I likened the smell in the air to a whiff of Laphroaig! When this settles down in the glass, I cannot imagine a smoother, more refined whisky. It just blows me away, how something that smells at times like a dirty ashtray, can be so satisfying. I have tried a few single malts, but nothing comes close to this. When I roll it around in my mouth, I feel like I am in Heaven! For a malt with such an intense beginning, the palate and finish are each a paradox!I could do on and on about the marvels of this single malt. Magical! Marvelous! Miraculous!