To be fair to them, it's great that Laphroaig have increased availability to the point where we have a choice between multiple 10CS batches and multiple Cairdeas releases 👍 Compared to what's happening with Springbank, Laphroaig are doing a great job making their special releases available.
@@WhiskyLock I just picked up the 2022 Cairdeas this morning, excited to try it soon 😁 I live in New Jersey, batch 013 and 014 never made it to my area, would have to buy off the internet, which I really hate doing outside of the 012, because I loved it so much, would love to see an 18 and 21 easily accessible as well.
@@whiskyandsports2964 ah congrats on the 2022 Cairdeas 🙂 I have a bottle on its way to me too but DHL messed up and the estimated delivery ended up on the wrong side of the Queen's Jubilee holiday here. I'm very excited to try it as it's a proper solely bourbon matured Laphroaig. I shall have to do a comparison to the 2015 Cairdeas too. Fingers crossed that it won't disappoint 🤞
@@WhiskyLock Thanks man! as usual, it doesn’t mention if it’s natural color, but I’m saying it is since the color is a very light gold, reminds me of a Kilchoman color wise. I’d say 10 minutes in the glass, body is a little lighter than I’m used to since I pretty much have been drinking cask strength, but I’m saying that in a good way, profile kind of reminds me of Lore, very crisp peat, this is a perfect summer dram for me when the weather gets hot and humid here, I don’t want to say too much, I’ll save that for after your review, but I’m definitely going to pick up a couple more bottles to carry me through the year 😁
You and I are as one when it comes to Laphroaig. Some of my finest whisky highlights have been Laphroaig but most of those are independents. I think Laphroaig don't tell us about colour is because they almost certainly do. That marmalade colour is the same in Talisker and I don't know why the **** they do it because who the hell do they think buys this stuff? My first impressions of batch 14 is that is quite light. Easily drinkable without water but it does bring out a bit of oil which I like (just a few drops). In fairness I think that lifts this whisky to above a B (but ,hey, it's personal). I missed Batch 13 but I liked Batch 12 so much I got a few. Man, I just love that engine oil. In conclusion it's better, pound for pound, to the named alternatives but what about Ileach Cask Strength or Smokehead Cask Strength? They're younger than 10 but if you want a punchy peaty and decent value not bad options.
I agree that the secrecy is most definitely because they are indeed making liberal use of the e150a. It annoys me even more when they don't state it on the label but then promise that it is natural colour in a follow up statement though. Its like a campaign of disinformation and confusion. Sneaky buggers! I will retry the batch 14 with a tiny bit of water next time and look out for that oiliness. Admittedly I haven't tried it for years but I didn't get on with the Ileach Cask Strength although many like it. I had similar problems to what I dislike about Lagavulin 12. Tarry, starchy, fatty notes that for me come across as a little rough and immature. Or at least not as mature as I'd prefer. It's no secret that I love Smokehead though. Great value and I've been through quite a few bottles of it. Cheers!
Its a shame i cant get this in my country. I have tried Quater cask before because i couldnt find lagavulin 16 for sale here either. Lagavulin 16 is here 96€ and Quater cask 61€
I feel like global availability of the 10CS should be Laphroaig's priority. It's one of their best expressions. How did you find the Quarter Cask compared to Lagavulin 16?
Grabbed three batch 12 when I could. Haven’t seen the more recent releases. Laphroaig is my favorite distillery. Just found 11 bottles of the 16yo on a dusty shelf. Take my money!
That was a wise decision on batch 12 😀 I still have a small stock of previous batches going back to #6. Mainly because they used to be much harder to buy than today. But its never bad to have some stock of what you like. Speaking of which I also have a bottle of the 16yo :-) I rushed to buy one when it was announced thinking it would sell out very quickly.... and then saw it on Amazon for months and months afterwards lol. I need to revisit that one soon and do a review. Cheers!
Great video, as ever, you touched on something that I’m trying to get my head around. I have found that there are whiskies at lower abvs than others than really benefit from the addition of water, bringing out the flavours etc, that I get, but I’m am finding increasingly that some cask strength whisky drinks best as is and have no spirit/alcohol ‘heat’ to it whilst other lower abv whisky (not necessarily just the younger stuff) has a burn to it that benefits a drop of water….. is there any rhyme or reason to this? Is it simply a case of some whisky being front forward spirit driven?
Interesting isn't it? I found this out when I tried a 22yo Scapa bottled well over 60% by Gordon and Macphail. It was the best whisky I'd ever tried at the time. So intense with no harshness even at full strength. It makes you wonder what is wrong with whisky that is harsh or closed at 46% or lower 😉 I think partly its just that only the better made whiskies are palatable at high strength. If they don't pay attention to their raw materials, stills and casks then you don't get something that's smooth and flavourful straight out of the cask. But also I think there's much more to it than that. I have a theory that the degree of oxidisation (how long in the cask? Was it left to rest in a marrying vat? Was it cask finished immediately before bottling? Was it bottled in the last few weeks?) can affect if and how a whisky reacts to extra time in the glass or the addition of water. Food for thought!
Thanks! It's always worrying in particular when a distiller suggests using their product as a mixer! Each to their own but do they not want people to taste their whisky? Is it that bad? 😉
Getting harder and harder to say as we're getting a lot of batches to compare now! I also don't have tasting notes for anything before batch 6 sadly. I do like the earlier batches because I thought they had more of a fruitiness. I liked batch 7 because it seemed very mature. I liked batch 8 because it's probably the most ballsy and aggressive batch. Not necessarily most peated but it had a dry and salty edge that you don't get anymore. I've enjoyed them all. Even these two most recent despite being relatively tame. What are your favourites? Cheers!
Port Charlotte is definitely one of the biggest competitors to Laphroaig 10CS. To be honest I'd forgotten that they also do Cask Strength releases as well as their usual 50% stuff. Good catch!
I still have an unopened bottle of Laphroaig CS from 2019 together with the 25 year old from 2019, also still sealed. I’ve just haven’t got around to opening them. I tried the batch 12 I think it was and enjoyed it. As for the company I am with you on your rant. I’m on a refusal campaign to not buy anymore Laphroaig, they are in company with Ardbeg and Macallan, the latter because I can’t afford any of their stuff above 12 YO (and why pay the price of other distilleries 18 YO for only a 12 YO?) Great review as always.
Thanks Mark! I really liked the Cairdeas 2019. A very nice Laphroaig that's just a special little twist on their standard expressions to keep the true fans engaged. That's what Cairdeas should be IMHO. I'm not sure what went wrong with the 2021 release... I hope you got a good price on the 25yo. Laphroaig 25 is too pricey for me to fork over the cash for a full bottle but I'm sure it will be great. I have one last bottle of the now discontinued 18yo gathering dust on my shelf and waiting for a special occasion. Couldn't agree more about Macallan. Insanely overpriced and overhyped. It seems that they have made a conscious decision to be a brand rather than a whisky distillery!
Rants are good, even tongue in cheek. 10 year is good. I just gassed my half bottle of batch 11 and not sure what to open next. We are not seeing batch 14 in the US yet. Will it be lucky 13 or will I wait for 14? I only have 7 or 8 bottles of cask strength peat open already including Cairdeas, Port Askaig, Paul John, Ardbeg and Kilchoman. I agree that Laphroaig is not putting in the effort on the label but the 10 CS is always a good price while the Cairdeas as NAS is getting expensive. So I will compulsively add to my collection.
If you're out of Laphroaig 10CS then whatever batch that you can get is a no brainer purchase really. They're all worth the price, which is very fair and much better value than Cairdeas as you say. Sounds like you have a pretty nice peat collection! 👍
@@WhiskyLock Here in New York, Uigeadail is about the same price as Laph10 CS and Corryvrecken can be $20 more, similar to Cairdeas. Personally, the talk about Uigeadail has got me a little scared to open the bottle. It sounds like a journey ending perfect whisky. So I finally found a reasonably priced Corry and tried that. What's a guy to do?? Ardbeg core range or nuanced and colored Laphroaig? The other issue we have here in the US is domestics. We import peat, we smoke with mesquite and other experimental woods and boldly make Malt. It's not easy finding the right bottle but I have a couple of bottles from New Mexico, Arizona and Texas that are worth sipping next to anything else. I think it's the number 13 that gets me thinking that I'd like to save a bottle for posterity. Did I mention that I have that nasty collectors gene?
i already have 14 in my stash but your not the first to say that its lightweight ,for me tcp anitseptic peat and the sea with should be powerful especially on the nose but im not getting that from the recent releases, the taste just about saves it, i love laphroig but without these core flavours and the milder strength is it really the laphroig we knew anymore, im looking at buying less but older indipendant bottles and just make it a special occasion bottle instead of a semi regular
I keep meaning to get a bunch of indie bottlings too. IBs are perhaps a little bit more hit and miss than the mainstream stuff but can be amazing. I'm hoping that the last two batches of Laphroaig Cask Strength being on the mild side is a coincidence. I guess batch 15 will tell us if a pattern is developing. Fingers crossed that it's not 🤞
What would be your no1 recommendation for which batch of Laphroaig 10 cask strength is dominated by tcp medicine hospital iodine antiseptic that's what i want, Give me your no1 banker recommendation Tnx Jay
Well there may be an extras video about that coming out in a few days 😉 it's a judgement that will be largely swayed by everyone's personal preference though. If you want a more spirit driven whisky and don't mind your whisky a bit raw and youthful then maybe the Lagavulin. If you like your whisky sweet, bourbonised and a bit more refined then the Laphroaig. Personally I like both but would go with Laphroaig. And when you consider price... there's just no way that the Lagavulin is worth two bottles of Lapgroaig 10CS. No way.
@@welshtoro3256 absolutely. I don't take price into consideration for grading whisky but when it's 2 bottles of Laphroaig vs 1 bottle of Lagavulin that matters!
Nothing wrong with a mini rant, especially when the addressee deserves one! I wonder if the 2 batches in one year has anything to do with the problems thrown up by Brexit: availability of bottles and corks, print runs for labels, distribution lag times in getting shipments out to wholesalers and so forth. Who knows? At any rate, if the price is not being jacked up then it's probably worth a try. I certainly enjoyed Batch 13. Cheers
Could very well be something to do with Brexit. Lots of companies are finding lots of things hard to get hold of. I did wonder before I bought this bottle if it would turn out to be exactly the same as Batch 13 and it was merely a case of releasing one batch in two halves but that certainly doesn't seem to be the case as they are noticeably different!
i have just finished a bottle of the batch 13 and was very unimpressed it was ok at best the nose was really dissapointing much like your saying about the 14 the 13 was lightweight and really simple the medicinal cough syrup was minimal and no anticeptic tcp at all ,the palate saved it but was just ok, im drinking a kilkerran heavily peated batch 5 mostly bourbon and it not even close this kilkerran though younger and only £42 compared to 65 to75 for laphroig is litraly explosive and complex and i opened it 40 minutes ago, this is how i imagine those 1 litre duty free bottles from the 90s maybe its just me as i only really drink peated whisky but going from the lpg batch 13 to kilkerran batch 5 is night and day the palate saved it but i m sure lpg are softening the whisky as 13 was so lightweight im hopeful they will bring back the power ,also the colour annoyed me as its fake, your right that there is not much else for the money but it could be so much more than it is and we still dream of what it was .
I hadn't thought of Kilkerran Cask Strength when I was trying to think of alternatives and competition for this. I can definitely see Kilkerran outshining this recent batch from Laphroaig though. Shame Springbank products are getting hard to find lately.
You could be right. I hadn't thought of that. Although Laphroaig have added colouring to recent batches of 10CS so who knows. I would love it if they tightened up the law regarding Cask Strength whisky and obviously allowing colouring or at least having to declare it. Currently there's no real legal definition of Cask Strength in the UK so a batch that is vatted, watered down and returned to the casks for marrying can still be called Cask Strength. All sorts of loopholes. You would think that it would be easy to say that whisky can only be called Cask Strength if no water is added after the day it goes into the cask. I think the SWA sees it as unimportant because Cask Strength and natural colour whisky is still such a small part of the market.
Thanks for great review :). I am looking forward to your review of Port Charlotte 10 years... Cheers
Cheers Martin. I'm looking forward to reviewing Port Charlotte too. It's a wonderful whisky and is overdue a video 😉
Thanks for the review, I just continue to buy batch 12
To be fair to them, it's great that Laphroaig have increased availability to the point where we have a choice between multiple 10CS batches and multiple Cairdeas releases 👍 Compared to what's happening with Springbank, Laphroaig are doing a great job making their special releases available.
@@WhiskyLock I just picked up the 2022 Cairdeas this morning, excited to try it soon 😁 I live in New Jersey, batch 013 and 014 never made it to my area, would have to buy off the internet, which I really hate doing outside of the 012, because I loved it so much, would love to see an 18 and 21 easily accessible as well.
@@whiskyandsports2964 ah congrats on the 2022 Cairdeas 🙂 I have a bottle on its way to me too but DHL messed up and the estimated delivery ended up on the wrong side of the Queen's Jubilee holiday here. I'm very excited to try it as it's a proper solely bourbon matured Laphroaig. I shall have to do a comparison to the 2015 Cairdeas too. Fingers crossed that it won't disappoint 🤞
@@WhiskyLock Thanks man! as usual, it doesn’t mention if it’s natural color, but I’m saying it is since the color is a very light gold, reminds me of a Kilchoman color wise. I’d say 10 minutes in the glass, body is a little lighter than I’m used to since I pretty much have been drinking cask strength, but I’m saying that in a good way, profile kind of reminds me of Lore, very crisp peat, this is a perfect summer dram for me when the weather gets hot and humid here, I don’t want to say too much, I’ll save that for after your review, but I’m definitely going to pick up a couple more bottles to carry me through the year 😁
You and I are as one when it comes to Laphroaig. Some of my finest whisky highlights have been Laphroaig but most of those are independents. I think Laphroaig don't tell us about colour is because they almost certainly do. That marmalade colour is the same in Talisker and I don't know why the **** they do it because who the hell do they think buys this stuff? My first impressions of batch 14 is that is quite light. Easily drinkable without water but it does bring out a bit of oil which I like (just a few drops). In fairness I think that lifts this whisky to above a B (but ,hey, it's personal). I missed Batch 13 but I liked Batch 12 so much I got a few. Man, I just love that engine oil. In conclusion it's better, pound for pound, to the named alternatives but what about Ileach Cask Strength or Smokehead Cask Strength? They're younger than 10 but if you want a punchy peaty and decent value not bad options.
I agree that the secrecy is most definitely because they are indeed making liberal use of the e150a. It annoys me even more when they don't state it on the label but then promise that it is natural colour in a follow up statement though. Its like a campaign of disinformation and confusion. Sneaky buggers!
I will retry the batch 14 with a tiny bit of water next time and look out for that oiliness.
Admittedly I haven't tried it for years but I didn't get on with the Ileach Cask Strength although many like it. I had similar problems to what I dislike about Lagavulin 12. Tarry, starchy, fatty notes that for me come across as a little rough and immature. Or at least not as mature as I'd prefer. It's no secret that I love Smokehead though. Great value and I've been through quite a few bottles of it. Cheers!
Its a shame i cant get this in my country. I have tried Quater cask before because i couldnt find lagavulin 16 for sale here either. Lagavulin 16 is here 96€ and Quater cask 61€
I feel like global availability of the 10CS should be Laphroaig's priority. It's one of their best expressions. How did you find the Quarter Cask compared to Lagavulin 16?
Grabbed three batch 12 when I could. Haven’t seen the more recent releases. Laphroaig is my favorite distillery. Just found 11 bottles of the 16yo on a dusty shelf. Take my money!
That was a wise decision on batch 12 😀 I still have a small stock of previous batches going back to #6. Mainly because they used to be much harder to buy than today. But its never bad to have some stock of what you like.
Speaking of which I also have a bottle of the 16yo :-) I rushed to buy one when it was announced thinking it would sell out very quickly.... and then saw it on Amazon for months and months afterwards lol. I need to revisit that one soon and do a review. Cheers!
I also have batch 14. I didn't open it yet. But I take a dram with you on this vid. Because why the hell not.. 😛 Cheers mate
You wouldn't want to be the only one without a dram would you :-D Thanks for watching!
Great video, as ever, you touched on something that I’m trying to get my head around. I have found that there are whiskies at lower abvs than others than really benefit from the addition of water, bringing out the flavours etc, that I get, but I’m am finding increasingly that some cask strength whisky drinks best as is and have no spirit/alcohol ‘heat’ to it whilst other lower abv whisky (not necessarily just the younger stuff) has a burn to it that benefits a drop of water….. is there any rhyme or reason to this? Is it simply a case of some whisky being front forward spirit driven?
Interesting isn't it? I found this out when I tried a 22yo Scapa bottled well over 60% by Gordon and Macphail. It was the best whisky I'd ever tried at the time. So intense with no harshness even at full strength. It makes you wonder what is wrong with whisky that is harsh or closed at 46% or lower 😉
I think partly its just that only the better made whiskies are palatable at high strength. If they don't pay attention to their raw materials, stills and casks then you don't get something that's smooth and flavourful straight out of the cask.
But also I think there's much more to it than that. I have a theory that the degree of oxidisation (how long in the cask? Was it left to rest in a marrying vat? Was it cask finished immediately before bottling? Was it bottled in the last few weeks?) can affect if and how a whisky reacts to extra time in the glass or the addition of water. Food for thought!
If you recommend I water your whisky down, or use it as a mixer I'm not interested. Great rant and review my friend, on point. Cheers!
Thanks! It's always worrying in particular when a distiller suggests using their product as a mixer! Each to their own but do they not want people to taste their whisky? Is it that bad? 😉
whats your favorite batch numbers?............cheers
Getting harder and harder to say as we're getting a lot of batches to compare now! I also don't have tasting notes for anything before batch 6 sadly. I do like the earlier batches because I thought they had more of a fruitiness. I liked batch 7 because it seemed very mature. I liked batch 8 because it's probably the most ballsy and aggressive batch. Not necessarily most peated but it had a dry and salty edge that you don't get anymore. I've enjoyed them all. Even these two most recent despite being relatively tame. What are your favourites? Cheers!
I can’t look past Port Charlotte or Independent Caol Ila if I’m looking for cask strength peat bombs. They are my go to peated malts.
Port Charlotte is definitely one of the biggest competitors to Laphroaig 10CS. To be honest I'd forgotten that they also do Cask Strength releases as well as their usual 50% stuff. Good catch!
I still have an unopened bottle of Laphroaig CS from 2019 together with the 25 year old from 2019, also still sealed. I’ve just haven’t got around to opening them.
I tried the batch 12 I think it was and enjoyed it.
As for the company I am with you on your rant. I’m on a refusal campaign to not buy anymore Laphroaig, they are in company with Ardbeg and Macallan, the latter because I can’t afford any of their stuff above 12 YO (and why pay the price of other distilleries 18 YO for only a 12 YO?)
Great review as always.
Thanks Mark! I really liked the Cairdeas 2019. A very nice Laphroaig that's just a special little twist on their standard expressions to keep the true fans engaged. That's what Cairdeas should be IMHO. I'm not sure what went wrong with the 2021 release...
I hope you got a good price on the 25yo. Laphroaig 25 is too pricey for me to fork over the cash for a full bottle but I'm sure it will be great. I have one last bottle of the now discontinued 18yo gathering dust on my shelf and waiting for a special occasion.
Couldn't agree more about Macallan. Insanely overpriced and overhyped. It seems that they have made a conscious decision to be a brand rather than a whisky distillery!
@@WhiskyLock I got an exceptional deal on the 25 YO. A true tear in your eye at missing out deal.
@@WhiskyResource 😥 do tell. Who was your secret source?
@@WhiskyLock Bought it from Costco Christmas 2019. There is a little more to the story that I’ll share if I ever open it and review it.
Rants are good, even tongue in cheek. 10 year is good. I just gassed my half bottle of batch 11 and not sure what to open next. We are not seeing batch 14 in the US yet.
Will it be lucky 13 or will I wait for 14?
I only have 7 or 8 bottles of cask strength peat open already including Cairdeas, Port Askaig, Paul John, Ardbeg and Kilchoman.
I agree that Laphroaig is not putting in the effort on the label but the 10 CS is always a good price while the Cairdeas as NAS is getting expensive. So I will compulsively add to my collection.
If you're out of Laphroaig 10CS then whatever batch that you can get is a no brainer purchase really. They're all worth the price, which is very fair and much better value than Cairdeas as you say. Sounds like you have a pretty nice peat collection! 👍
@@WhiskyLock Here in New York, Uigeadail is about the same price as Laph10 CS and Corryvrecken can be $20 more, similar to Cairdeas.
Personally, the talk about Uigeadail has got me a little scared to open the bottle. It sounds like a journey ending perfect whisky. So I finally found a reasonably priced Corry and tried that.
What's a guy to do?? Ardbeg core range or nuanced and colored Laphroaig?
The other issue we have here in the US is domestics. We import peat, we smoke with mesquite and other experimental woods and boldly make Malt. It's not easy finding the right bottle but I have a couple of bottles from New Mexico, Arizona and Texas that are worth sipping next to anything else.
I think it's the number 13 that gets me thinking that I'd like to save a bottle for posterity. Did I mention that I have that nasty collectors gene?
Confirmation from German Whiskybase Users (where a statement about any colour added is required by law) that E150 is added - "mit farbe" on label.
Pretty much what I expected. Laphroaig seem determined to undermine their own products 😣 thanks for the info!
i already have 14 in my stash but your not the first to say that its lightweight ,for me tcp anitseptic peat and the sea with should be powerful especially on the nose but im not getting that from the recent releases,
the taste just about saves it, i love laphroig but without these core flavours and the milder strength is it really the laphroig we knew anymore,
im looking at buying less but older indipendant bottles and just make it a special occasion bottle instead of a semi regular
I keep meaning to get a bunch of indie bottlings too. IBs are perhaps a little bit more hit and miss than the mainstream stuff but can be amazing.
I'm hoping that the last two batches of Laphroaig Cask Strength being on the mild side is a coincidence. I guess batch 15 will tell us if a pattern is developing. Fingers crossed that it's not 🤞
What would be your no1 recommendation for which batch of Laphroaig 10 cask strength is dominated by tcp medicine hospital iodine antiseptic that's what i want,
Give me your no1 banker recommendation Tnx Jay
So which one is better in your opinion? This one or the Lag 12?
Well there may be an extras video about that coming out in a few days 😉 it's a judgement that will be largely swayed by everyone's personal preference though.
If you want a more spirit driven whisky and don't mind your whisky a bit raw and youthful then maybe the Lagavulin. If you like your whisky sweet, bourbonised and a bit more refined then the Laphroaig.
Personally I like both but would go with Laphroaig. And when you consider price... there's just no way that the Lagavulin is worth two bottles of Lapgroaig 10CS. No way.
@@WhiskyLock Also consider the fact that Laphroaig 10 CS is £50 cheaper than the Lag 12.
@@welshtoro3256 absolutely. I don't take price into consideration for grading whisky but when it's 2 bottles of Laphroaig vs 1 bottle of Lagavulin that matters!
Nothing wrong with a mini rant, especially when the addressee deserves one! I wonder if the 2 batches in one year has anything to do with the problems thrown up by Brexit: availability of bottles and corks, print runs for labels, distribution lag times in getting shipments out to wholesalers and so forth. Who knows? At any rate, if the price is not being jacked up then it's probably worth a try. I certainly enjoyed Batch 13. Cheers
Could very well be something to do with Brexit. Lots of companies are finding lots of things hard to get hold of.
I did wonder before I bought this bottle if it would turn out to be exactly the same as Batch 13 and it was merely a case of releasing one batch in two halves but that certainly doesn't seem to be the case as they are noticeably different!
i have just finished a bottle of the batch 13 and was very unimpressed it was ok at best the nose was really dissapointing much like your saying about the 14 the 13 was lightweight and really simple the medicinal cough syrup was minimal and no anticeptic tcp at all ,the palate saved it but was just ok, im drinking a kilkerran heavily peated batch 5 mostly bourbon and it not even close this kilkerran though younger and only £42 compared to 65 to75 for laphroig is litraly explosive and complex and i opened it 40 minutes ago, this is how i imagine those 1 litre duty free bottles from the 90s maybe its just me as i only really drink peated whisky but going from the lpg batch 13 to kilkerran batch 5 is night and day the palate saved it but i m sure lpg are softening the whisky as 13 was so lightweight im hopeful they will bring back the power ,also the colour annoyed me as its fake,
your right that there is not much else for the money but it could be so much more than it is and we still dream of what it was .
I hadn't thought of Kilkerran Cask Strength when I was trying to think of alternatives and competition for this. I can definitely see Kilkerran outshining this recent batch from Laphroaig though. Shame Springbank products are getting hard to find lately.
Though I have n tried the 14 yet im not looking forward to it as the key components are from the sounds of it non existant
based on this review, I don't think I'll purchase a bottle from batch 014. I'd rather pay a premium for another bottle of 012.
For anyone who isn't trying to 'complete the set' that's probably a wise move!
Could also mean that Natural cask strength means no color added. Nice review. Not a big fan of the normal 10. Was better with water added. Nice review
You could be right. I hadn't thought of that. Although Laphroaig have added colouring to recent batches of 10CS so who knows.
I would love it if they tightened up the law regarding Cask Strength whisky and obviously allowing colouring or at least having to declare it.
Currently there's no real legal definition of Cask Strength in the UK so a batch that is vatted, watered down and returned to the casks for marrying can still be called Cask Strength. All sorts of loopholes.
You would think that it would be easy to say that whisky can only be called Cask Strength if no water is added after the day it goes into the cask. I think the SWA sees it as unimportant because Cask Strength and natural colour whisky is still such a small part of the market.
@@WhiskyLock it is a bit of a mess sometimes.
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Cheers!
Annoyed at Laphroiag ......say that 5 times fast
Good one 😉 I find myself having to say that more often than I'd like though 😀