Whisky Wednesday WHISKY OF THE YEAR! – Scotch Whisky News
WHISKY OF THE YEAR!
Easily the most difficult decision I’ve had to make in whisky for a LONG time.
Kilkerran Heavily Peated #4 and Laphroaig 10YO Sherry…who gets the title?
The first time I tried that Kilkerran, after having split a bottle with my friend, Mike, in London. I didn’t try it for ages, and then it came to filming WW and trying the whiskies the night before. Blown away. The complexity of this young stock is just mind blowing. Yet again, Kilkerran can do no wrong. Im yet to try anything older than their 12YO, or their CS limited releases, but this range has my full attention for the future.
Laphroaig. You can already smell and taste it, right? This sherry cask release ticked every box that I wanted it to. The last few Laphroaig releases had sold out or I had no huge interest in them, minus the Cask Strength releaes. But I’ve grown bored with sherry for many different reasons. My personal view for people who adore the stuff is to just drink more sherry, please! But when it’s incorporated with heavily peated whisky (see our Bowmore 18 Feis Ile video as well), it just works, and it’s the only area I’m really paying attention to with sherry anymore.
The depth of richness within this whisky from sweet butterscotch, tobacco, dry, mineral driven peat, those softer TCP notes. Just incredible and for the price it’s at, with the Lagavulin price increases coming, a worthy, and in my view, a Lagavulin 16 beater. A thunder driven show case of spanish soaked smoke. They smashed it.
Back filming @Thewhiskyshop with @ed – we’re back for 2022!
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