Continuing our series of Laphroaig reviews is a look at Laphroaig Quarter Cask. This no age statement whisky from the Islay distillery is an attempt to ramp up the oak influence. Bottled at a hearty 48% abv, Laphroaig Quarter Cask is a doozy of a whisky and shouldn’t be taken lightly because of a lack of an age statement. What they’ve done here is transfer still-maturing whiskey from traditional ex-bourbon barrels to smaller quarter casks. The smaller barrels create more contact with wood versus traditional barrels, thus giving the whisky a bit more oak, vanilla and caramel flavors to balance with the distillery’s traditional briny peat smoked style. Another thing to note is that this whisky has not been chill filtered, so all those flavor-carrying fatty acids still remain.
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