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DIYSteve
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 Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:17 pm |
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| thunderhead wrote: | | Think its all the campfire smoke we dream of? |
Smoky is a more prevalent trait characteristic Highland and Speyside single malts. Islay peaty dew is more reminiscent of a soggy lowland forest hike west of the crest.
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Malachai Constant
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Islay is like haggis cooking on a Toleak Point campfire on a misty moisty morning on midwinter night eve with a lone piper greeting the rising sun.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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Brian Curtis
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My wife has had a taste of Laphroaig Quarter Cask that I was drinking on several occasions and each time she equated the experience to sticking her head in a fire pit.
that elitist from silverdale wanted to tell me that all carnes are bad--Studebaker Hoch
that elitist from silverdale wanted to tell me that all carnes are bad--Studebaker Hoch
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DIYSteve
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Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:57 pm |
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A bud once said Laphroaig tastes like a wet dog after rolling in a freshly mowed lawn
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thunderhead
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Laphroaig is the nectar of the gods. So its only fair to bring it back to the throne of the gods, and sip it while camped out on some snowfield high above the clouds on the flanks of some great volcano!
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DIYSteve
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Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:33 am |
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I love TheFrog, although I acknowledge it's an acquired taste, not for everyone
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Kim Brown
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| Brian Curtis wrote: | | My wife has had a taste of Laphroaig Quarter Cask that I was drinking on several occasions and each time she equated the experience to sticking her head in a fire pit. |
It's not clear this statement is against Laphroaig, so I choose to take it as complimentary. 
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
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RumiDude
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Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:12 am |
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| DIYSteve wrote: | | I love TheFrog, although I acknowledge it's an acquired taste, not for everyone |
"Its unique taste saw it prosper in America during the Prohibition (1920-1933) where its import was permitted as a 'medicinal spirit' " Link
Tasting Notes
A hint of sherry quickly gives way to the Islay intensity and distinctively oily body with a big peaty-smoky flavour. A round, dry and warming finish renders Laphroaig the perfect night-cap, but not one for the weak-kneed...
I have The 10yo Laphroaig at Cask Strength @58.% ABV and the Quarter Cask, which is my absolute favorite Scotch whisky. Laphroaig is the most phenolic of all the Islay whiskies. Even the supposedly king Bruichladdich Octomore is really not as phenolic as Laphroaig. It has the iodine taste that some people just can't get past but which some love. It's more than just the peat, it is laphroaig.
Rumi
"This is my Indian summer ... I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all."
"This is my Indian summer ... I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all."
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