We continue tasting the newest bottling from Kintra, and after that Coal Ila, another Islay from Laphroaig. This time aged in a sherry butt. Sherry and peat can go well together, or can be very bad together, depending on the cask and balance. Happily this one is a great example of how a sherry but and a peaty spirit can …

This year’s Feis Ile edition is carries no age statement, and should be fairly young. I’ve tasted the 2009,2010 (see Shai’s excellent guest post about FI 2010) editions and quite liked them, and got a bottle. this year I chose not to as shipping became to much of a hassle. Gladly Johan of WhiskyBlogg.se was kind enough to send …

A couple of month ago, I was asked by the chaps at MoM if I was interested in making a cocktail using their Master of Malt 8 year old blended whisky, and I happily jumped at the opportunity, so to say.

Normally I am not a cocktail maker, but I had just the perfect ingredients, and a lovely recipe I wanted …

In my Internet ramblings I’ve encountered Marcel’s site (http://www.laphroaigcollector.com/)  by mistake. I was looking for some Laphroaig information (can’t even remember what it was now), and clicked on the link and Wow!  I was very impressed with his collection. Just plain amazing.
Marcel has an amazing collection (over 360 different Laphroaig bottles) and a really interesting story, and is an enormous …

The Laphraoig Triple Wood was the whisky equivalent of the Moby Dick for me and a good whisky friend of mine (Igal). A few months ago all FOL received an email from Laphraoig’s John Campbell announcing that the triple wood will be sold to FOL’s over the internet in limited quantities. What could be better? A 1 litre bottle previously …

After several days of preparations and discussions via emails and phones, the date and time was set for the first WhiskyIsrael Peat Summit. Kfir Bloch, Gal Granov, Igal Tabachnik and I met at Kfir’s place in the hot and humid town of Ramat Gan, located in the Israeli coastal area.
July in Israel is not a very whisky welcoming time and …

I spotted this wee recipe on the Laphraoig Facebook page. The recipe was hiding there and not very easy to find. I love the QC Laphroaig , it’s one of the better Islay drams you can get at a very reasonable price. It’s young kicking, and just as it should be. Super.
 
I think i am going to try this recipe …

Laphraoaig is well known for its biting drams (at least when speaking of the younger versions), full of medicinal, iodine, tarry, briny peaty malts, and for a very good reason. Their 10 year old is quite rough, very powerful in terms of sheer phenol power and peat muscle, yet very popular.
Yesterday after sipping the 18 year old expression, it occurred …

Every whisky lover gets, at some point, to experience whisky from the island of Islay in Scotland. This experience will be remembered throughout his life – it can be either love at first taste, or loathing for eternity. Not everybody can handle the intensity and the powerful peaty flavor of (most) Islay whiskies, some may even stop drinking whisky altogether. …