MORE TASTING NOTES FOR LAPHROAIG. I posted here about how my friend Henry Nejako’s tasting notes on the Laphroaig I was drinking (“kerosene”… “creosote”… “turpentine’ ….”pitch.”) had been supported by tasting notes on a Scotch web site. Lee Bryant sent me a tasting note from this web site: ” Laphroaig Quarter Cask: White pepper pinecones, eating snow downwind from a burning-man effigy, blood and cannabis, bamboo honey, A-” I was pleased to see that it got an A-.
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There has to be some kind of connection to a bog here. Not a blog, a bog. I remember reading that the Scottish Highlanders used to have to keep drinking Scotch in order to stay warm. Perhaps the bog people need kerosene, creosote, turpentine, pitch, etc., to keep their circulations going.
I decided to revisit Laphroaig tonight, thinking that perhaps I’d been unfair to it. Well, the scent still reminds me of a cough medicine that nearly made me gag as a child, but the smoky flavor (somewhat like burning leaves) is a curious change from the fruity taste of Speyside whisky.
Knowing that Ardberg and Bruichladdich have significantly peatier offerings is a frightening thought!