Laphroaig Lore REVIEW: Is this PREMIUM NAS WORTH IT?
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2021
- I've got a single malt from Laphroaig here today called the Lore. This one has spent time in quarter casks and sherry barrels, and is sold with quite a premium price tag. I'll taste it and give you my thoughts. Cheers!
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My bottle of the Lore just arrived this week. This whisky is phenomenal. It's incredibly balanced. I love how it has hints both of young and old whisky... I could drink this for days. I wish this was cheaper (I did get an insane deal though).
Agree with you, Laphroaig not my favourite distillery on Islay, but I do keep a bottle of the Laphroaig Quarter Cask in my bar cabinet most of the time.
So great review recommendations in no specific order:
1). Laphroaig Quarter Cask
2). Springbank 12 Cask Strength
3). Port Charlotte 10
4). Ardbeg Uigendail
5). Talisker 10
Some really solid picks there, Clinton. Of those you're most likely to see a PC10 coming down the pipeline, and I've been considering picking up a newer batch of Uigeadail, too. Cheers! 🥃
The Lore is quite a wonderful expression for their core range. The best Laphroaig remains the Laphroaig 10 cask strength followed closely by the 2019 and 2020 Cairdeas. I would recommend doing a head to head with the Lore and the Cairdeas bottlings. The best value for money Laphroaig in the core range got to be the quarter cask, which is a beautiful marriage of the peaty spirit and oaky tannin complexities. I agree that for the price range it falls short of the Ardbeg Euigeadal and the Corryvreckan. But, it still is a wonderful NAS expression, worth trying for anyone. Also, yes, they do add some E150 to their bottlings.
I haven't tried the Caideas, but I hear good things. It's quite hard to find in my parts, as is the CS. Not a big fan of the Quarter Cask, but I still come back to it from time to time, it's definitely well priced. Thanks for Commenting! 🥃
Would add the Quarter Cask to my list of great Lapgroaig
Thanks for the honest review , I'm glad you like this I'm an Ardbeg fan but I keep buying Laphroaigs. I think it's that the Ardbeg10 is still the greatest whisky on paper in all catagories (as long as you like peat) and the Laph10 misses on every mark. Presentation and value.
I just bought a bottle of Lore for $5 more than an average corryvreken price. And I'm drinking the 10year sherry and all the Cairdeas and 10 CS's. So in that $100 price range we can have more distinct Laphroaig bottles than Ardbeg.
I believe I'm fascinated by the subtle differences much more than picking a favorite. I think that goes with all whisky (ey) as I peruse my collection. Disappointing bottles are easier to pick out and put in the back row. The evolution of a bottle even improves many of the duds that I gave up on like Balvenie 12 double wood. I have so many open bottles of Laphroaig that none are low enough to over oxidize, but we'll see.
Lore was one of the lucky few Laphroaigs that didn't really suffer from oxidation. It's a nice whisky, where I live it comes in pretty expensive comparatively, but it's been an interesting bottle to get to know. I wish we could find Cairdeas for a fair price here in Taiwan. It's quite rare and the few shops that carry it overcharge. Thanks for commenting Jack! 🥃
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Laph 10yr sherry has been my favorite whiskey this week. Really enjoyable and a local store has decent quantity for 78 bucks U.S.
Great review! Great malt, quite expensive though. Cheers!
Review suggetions:
Bunnahabhain 12y
Bowmore 12y
Love both of those! For sure I'll get around to them eventually! Bunna = classic!
I had the opportunity to sit down and compare Springbank 10, Port Charlotte 10 and Lore side by side at a special Whisky bar. They actually served me Lore by mistake. I much preferred the Lore over the other two, much more complex and interesting dram.
All three are excellent! 🥃
I haven’t had this yet. I could probably dig one up locally if I tried. The 18 was sublime. The 15 was one of my favorite laphroaig expressions. Short lived that one. Understandably. Recent prices of laphroaig have become laughable here in Massachusetts. I won’t buy any of them for that quality/price reason sans the cairdeas range(10 yr for $70 USA). I hope they get their act together and present some reasonably priced whisky soon. In the meantime they’re being easily substituted by kilchoman , ardbeg and others. Great review. Thanks
Funny, their range is reasonably well priced in Taiwan. I tried the 18 ages ago, but I'm not sure I remember much about it. I've heard nothing but flattering things about the 15. I know they have a 16 out nowadays. Have you tried that one? Still not available here...
Love the Lore
Yeah it's a good one, just wish it was cheaper!
@@Gwhisky around $100 us my area... nice treat
Yup, got mine $99USD.
Lore was aged in 5 different types of casks. Variety matters. It’s what gives it the depth and richness that the 18 didnt have. I’d much rather have Lore than the old 18.
This sounds so great, but I would love to try this dram equivalent without the sherry influence, due to many of the other notes you've shared in this one. All the earthy type notes I'm hearing this has from your review and others, makes me want to find this w/o the sherry influence. Please can you recommend any one dram that I may like? I'm trying to get away from the sweetness in scotch as much as possible, and the quarter/triple cask Laphroaigs seem sweeter than this one. Great review and thanks again and again for these!
Have you tried Ardbeg Corryvrecken? High abv, no sherry to speak of, and a pretty rugged punchy hit of peat. I doubt you'll find that one too sweet. 🥃
@@Gwhisky I think it was one of the Ardbegs that I tried a few years ago, but was so new to the scotch tasting world that I thought my drink was spiked with that smoke favoring😄. Going to put that on a tasting list I recently started and give it a fairer chance, as I have gained at least a bit more experience since then. Much thanks for the suggestion and look forward to more of your scotch reviews! Cheers!🥃
I am not a Laphroaig fan, though some of their bottles are very interesting. The fine marriage between peat and sherry has me wanting to try this one out. Cheers :)
I'd love to see you review it!
If Laphroaig is on the label I will like it, period. Lore is absolutely the best whiskey I’ve ever had!
Glad you're enjoying it!
@@Gwhiskygetting it from a local grocery store for $109, worth every penny to me.
Love it G.. wondering what do you think compare to Ardbeg Uigeadail?
Oh you already answer it below, nevermind then
Yeah... Uigeadail tops this imo.
Not to compare it, but do you prefer this Lore over the 18? I have the 18 open now. I find it very nice. Surprisingly sweet and syrupy. Bought it at $95. So price was just right.
18 for me. 🙂
It's only £60 here in the UK. Worth that all day long imo.
Yeah that's a fair price. 🥃
This is a beaut!
I just found Lore in San Diego, finally!
Awesome! Enjoy!
Where in San Diego and how much did you pay. For some reason its much more expensive here than on the East Coast where I see prices starting in the mid $80's
At 2:35 it sounds like you said “48%” whereas you have “46%” in the graphic in the upper left hand corner. I listened to it several times but I could be wrong. Perhaps you’re just indicating a positive attribute that it’s above 46% but it’s not clear. I’d change the graphic in future videos. I highly recommend the Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength bottlings and the Laphroaig Cairdeas Triple Wood, absolutely spectacular!
The graphic is actually standardized, used as a benchmark for natural presentation. It says “abv (46% or higher)” to indicate that a whisky is at least 46%, so it would get a check as long as it meets that minimum.
I'd love to get my hands on a bottle of CS10, but it's horribly overpriced where I live, as is the Cairdeas Triple Wood, unfortunately.
Btw thanks for watching! Been a fan of yours for some time now. Really dig your enthusiasm, and the reviews are always entertaining and in-depth! 🙂
1:19 don’t worry, they were shitting on the 18 too back then
Hoiw much did you pay for it? it's available for £60 in the UK, wondering if I hsoukd pull the plug for this one ...
I bought this for the equivalent of about £65 here. You'll likely enjoy it at that price!
@@Gwhisky thanks! will get it soon once my Oogie bottle is empty to fill the peat/sherry space on the shelf (had enough oogie and laga16 and agree with the general quality downwards trend) ...Sanaig afterwards probably
as you probably noticed :) I discovered your channel recently and I really love it ...straight to the point and I'm pretty much in total agreement for the videos I checked so far with bottles I had so will defo look for your opinion before buying something new
@@tomtomtommyism Very flattered to hear it! Appreciate the kind words and the comments. Welcome! 🥃
It’s indeed colored with e150a. In 🇩🇪 , 🇩🇰 ,🇷🇺, 🇺🇦 they have to provide every single ingredient of the whisky. I personally appreciate these requirements. I prefer Ardbeg Uigeadail to Lore any day. Or even classic Laphroaig 10. This Lore is a joke imho. Tnx for yet another awesome review.
Great! Thanks for the info. Shame not every country has those ingredient requirements!
I like the Lore, but it's not a love. Hard to justify that price tag. Agree about Uigeadail, a better whisky through and through. Cheers!
@@Gwhisky i also enjoy the laphroig lore, havent had the ardberg uigeadail, need to try it when i get the hands on it. Thou i didnt enjoy the ardberg 10 too much
@@DayKlight I think you'll find the Uigeadail to be a pretty big upgrade from the 10. I certainly do!
Hi, i'm from Germany and my bottle has no declaration of E150 on it. So I think it's non colored. Same think on Laphroaig 10 Years Sherry Cask.
It's actually not artificially coloured. I watched a presentation from John Campbell. The e150a on a the label, is pretty much the same as a "this product may contain nuts" label on food.
Age ≠ Quality
I love Laphroaig. But I do like the PX better. Lore is too expensive.
I’ve got the lore and poured a dram. Watching this review while I sip it, wondering why I spent over a bill for it. It’s good but…
Sorry to hear you're not enjoying it as much as you'd like. It's been a while since I had it, but yes it was nice but a bit pricey for the quality imo. Cheers. 🥃