Laphroaig Triple Wood

Laphroaig Triple Wood

This is a lovely whisky... Smokey,, very smokey but subtle sweetness in the end. Literally it tasted like a fire was put out in my mouth. Like how a smoke forms when fire dies.. with sea salt, and seaweed notes all mixed in with the peat. Amazing dram,, i dunno why this Triple Wood does not get as much attention as the 1/4 Cask or the Uigeadail...

Score 92/100

Laphroaig Triple Wood

It has been almost three years since I last tasted this one. That was reason enough for a reader of my blog to send me a sample with the instruction to write a proper tasting note. Your wish is my command. Take the Laffie Quarter Cask and give it a finish in an oloroso sherry butt and you get the Laffie Triple Wood. Easy as pie. Wonderfully sweet...

Score 87/100

Laphroaig Triple Wood

This is basically the quarter cask with an additional rest time in refill sherry casks. I know many reviews panned this for being less brash and in your face than other Laphroaig's. Now that it's discontinued, might it get more love? **Nose:** Cough lozenges, black licorice, antiseptic, that note of germinating grain, vanilla, loads of sweet...

Score 84/100

Laphroaig Triple Wood

According to online sources, Laphroaig Triple Wood is essentially the Quarter Cask expression with some extra maturation in Oloroso sherry butts. I have no reason to doubt this information, but I taste more feisty youth fighting for attention here than in the QC. The Triple Wood was aged for five to ten years in ex-bourbon barrels courtesy of...

Score 87/100