Laphroaig

[kylesmum]

I have just had the misfortune of being presented with *that* after a meal.


I thought it was the finest !

It smelt and tasted like TCP (I haven't tasted TCP but I had to exaggerate ;) )

If this is the best people think Scotland has to offer as a malt...I despair.

As an addendum....and in fairness my hubby thought it had a 'peaty' aroma as opposed to medicinal.

So peeps...is it down to palate?

I enjoy a malt so i'm very very surprised and disappointed. I still drank it ;) (still have the TCP taste in my mouth yet !!)

Thoughts and crucially recommendations :)

[sandyRoe]

It's almost orange coloured, as I remember and with a distinct peaty taste. It's probably an acquired taste. Glenmorangie is a gentler whisky.

[SirOracle]

Nothing wrong with the whisky Kylesmum,so it must be your taste buds.

Did you not put a small amount of water in it to bring out the flavour?

[Buenchico]

I used to love Laphroaig but my taste seem to have changed over the years, as I too now detect more 'medicine' than 'peat'.

To get away from the smokiness, choose a single malt from the lower half of the map. If you want to drink it neat, look to the left. If you prefer 'a bit of clout' (requiring the addition of water), look to the right:
http://www.malts.com/index.php/en_gb/Choosing-Whisky/A-World-of-Flavour/The-Single-Malt-Whisky-Flavour-Map

[paddywak]

I was given a bottle of the stuff a few years ago,I persevered with it but I'd never buy it,it was too peaty for me.Like sandy I'm very partial to Glenmorangie.

[douglas9401]

If you're looking to sip a really nice whisky, Old Pulteney 12 year old from Wick is the very one for you.
It's on special in Tesco at £25.00 (so Santa tells me). :-)

[AlwaysConfused]

Laphroaig - beautiful stuff. Haven't had it in a few years, but smoky and peaty, lingers on the palate for days! Lagavulin is a good'un, too

[Tilly2]

I like Jameson.

[Psybbo]

And I like Grouse

[tonyav]

I know^^^^^^, so do I.

[factor-fiction]

When I was given a bottle I hated the first glass- it tasted like rubber tyres and I assumed it had gone off. But after a couple more glasses over the course of a couple of weeks I started to appreciate the earthy/peaty taste. I enjoyed it but decided to try something softer next - there are so many others to explore I rarely get the same one twice

[Psybbo]

£18 for 1L in Sainsbury's now, Tony

[Sqad]

Famous Grouse is a very underestimated whisky in my opinion.....Laphroig, lacks subtlety, no finesse....smokey to the endth degree. Not my scene at all.

[tonyav]

It's the same in Tesco to, Psybbo.

[Sqad]

http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/dalwhinnie-15-year-old-whisky/

Try a touch smoothness, hint of sweetness and finesse.

[kylesmum]

It must be my palate as we have, as it happens, a Glenmorangie in the house for the occasional night cap and I can sit back and enjoy the flavour and the exceptional 'cosiness' back my gullet .

I have been , on occasion, partial to the occasional tester, as one does at weddings ;) I've enjoyed most.

Thank you all for your comments and recommendations, they'll will be taken on board. Can't beat a malt as a night cap and that's a fact.Laphroaig won't be one. Now Edradour.....:)

Here's another one...ice or no ice? I prefer ice. You?

[DTCwordfan]

It's down to palate, kylesmum - and I don't like it either - to much like iodine. It's the smoking using seaweed that does it.

Now a nice Lagavulin and we are talking - or a Tomatin for an inland Glen one....

[Old_Geezer]

It is possible am mistaken, but if memory serves right, a couple of decades ago I was feeling rather down, and finally decided to go to the off licence (there was a good one nearby) and treat myself to a decent whisky. I finally picked one which I'm fairly sure was Laphroaig. Went back to my room, tried it, did not like it.

It is particularly disappointing when one is feeling down, spends a fair old bit on booze, and then finds one does not want it :-(

[jourdain2]

I'd go for Glenmorangie over Laphroaig any day - BUT, if anyone knows a generous present-giver, try a 12 year-old Bunnahabhain - an Islay single malt. We were given a bottle for a wedding present. It is doled out in small doses and has spoiled us, quite frankly. Everyday whisky - I'd go for Glenfiddich, but Famous Grouse isn't bad at all.

[tonyav]

So would I, jourdain. I hope Santa is generous this Christmas ;-)

[SirOracle]

Jourdain Every day whisky?.....Glenfiddich is a single malt.!!