Laphroaig Cairdeas 2016 Madeira Cask
/"This 2016 bottling features fully-matured Laphroaig aged in ex-bourbon barrels before being artfully married together for a second maturation in Madeira seasoned traditional hogsheads"
"This 2016 bottling features fully-matured Laphroaig aged in ex-bourbon barrels before being artfully married together for a second maturation in Madeira seasoned traditional hogsheads"
Matured in ex-Oloroso sherry hogsheads for 32 years.
"Matured in the traditional style in American bourbon barrels, this whisky is then ‘finished’ in Pedro Ximinez Sherry Butts, sourced from the bodegas of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalucia, Southern Spain."
Cask strength. Released 2015. 20 ppm peat level.
208 ppm peat phenols. Aged in American oak.
In collaboration with El Celler de Can Roca.
"Matured exclusively in the perfect balance of sherry seasoned American and European oak casks."
"Matured in Bourbon casks followed by a second period of maturation in the finest Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez Sherry Casks"
Not impressed…
"From Scotland's most north-easterly distillery"
Expected better for a 200th anniversary edition!
"Sherry casks made to specification in Jerez, southern Spain"
"The Darkest Ardbeg Ever." Matured in ex-Bourbon casks and dark sherry casks.
Distilled 1990, bottled 2003. Double matured, finished in Jerez Amoroso casks.
Pronounced ‘meel-shawn’, Scots Gaelic for ‘sweet things’. Seventh release in Private Edition Series. "Matured in ex-bourbon casks and then extra-matured in former wine casks, re-toasted for the purpose"
Initially aged in European oak casks and finished in Tawny Port casks.
10 vintages from 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 married together.
A mix of peated and unpeated whisky.
Normally produced as an ingredient for Dewar's. "A nip of the Buckie Road"
Matured in first fill bourbon casks. This is the same as their "Tempest Batch 6" sold outside the USA.
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