Islay – Page 2 – Honest Booze Reviews

Laphroaig 10 Year Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750mL

January 16, 2017November 11, 2017 BuffaloJern 1 Comment

So we’ve actually done 4 different Laphroaig reviews. (The Select, Three Wood, An Cuan Mor, and 15 Year); however despite having bought this very whisky multiple times in the lounge – it recently came to our attention it hadn’t been properly reviewed. Time to solve that. Laphroaig’s 10 year is most notably for being a constant companion in the Buffalo Lounge, not a year goes by without it gracing the shelves for a few short months, and that alone is a true marker of quality more than the other transient spirits in the lounge.

Lagavulin Distillers Edition Double Matured (2015) 750mL

January 2, 2017November 14, 2017 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

Once again we have a distiller’s edition that feels worse than the original, costs more, and you sort of feel that maybe scotch shouldn’t be done by a committee – but at least more than 1 person. Distiller’s edition’s have always baffled us, because it’s usually done more as an experiment, or to take what is often a more ‘generalized’ product and make it niche, jack up the price, and go. The problem is that they become novelty to buy once, when it really should be something better.

Laphroaig An Cuan Mor Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750mL

July 25, 2016November 11, 2017 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

My final UK-centric post here. This comes as my duty-free purchase on the flight back (where I spent my entire layover in Switzerland running to catch my flight since the 1st was delayed). Anyway while there was a beautiful room of scotches, and multiple tastes tasting in the airport – I was sold the minute I saw the name Laphroaig next to a name (An Cuan Mor) that I did not know.

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Laphroaig 15 Year Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750mL

April 18, 2016November 11, 2017 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

I guess this is now a more Laphroaig return (we had like 7 scotches mostly in a row) starting with Laphroaig recently. This is another gift to the lounge in the form of a 15 year old whisky. While the lounge accepts all gifts, we accept those older than our nieces and nephews happily.

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Kilchoman Machir Bay Islay Single Malt Whisky 750mL

February 15, 2016November 14, 2017 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

This was a late-Christmas gift to the lounge, and because it was not a gift from myself, and was intended to be something I’ve not tried – well the odds were not in my favor. What we get is a true Islay scotch, but sadly an Islay scotch that could turn off the regular imbiber away from the majesty of Islay.

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Laphroaig Three Wood Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750mL

January 4, 2016November 11, 2017 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

Week 2 of 3 for the gifts of scotch, this time a step up from the Select in terms of price (although Select is meant to take from all of Laphroaig. I’ve always been big fans of multiple wood casks (especially with things like The Balvenie), and this is no exception. If I complained last week about a lack of first impressions – damn does this have one.

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Laphroaig Select Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750mL

December 28, 2015November 11, 2017 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

Alright now that the holidays are over, time to review my gifts. Specifically two very lovely bottles of Laphroaig, the Select this week and the Triple Wood next week (and some Oban the week after). This week we start with the lower cost scotch, but it is by no means a bad scotch in any right.

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Port Charlotte Scottish Barley Heavily Peated Islay Single Malt 750mL

October 12, 2015November 11, 2017 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

I will say that Bruichladdich’s marketing prowess of standing out among the scotch aisle has certainly worked by proof of me purchasing it despite many choices on a New Hampshire trip. I am a fan of the peat and the Islay, and this practically shouted at me that I could find it here. However while the peat is certainly a very loud aspect of the whisky it lacks any sort of rhythm or complexity in it’s noise.

Lagavulin 16 Year Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750mL

September 8, 2014November 14, 2017 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

In place of an article this week for one of my favorite scotches of all time, I have a video instead. Make no mistake I too enjoy Lagavulin as much as that man, and my brevity comes not from a lack of desire to write about the scotch, but that really nothing more needs to be said. This is in my top 10 of greatest things I have ever drunk in my life.

Bowmore Islay Scotch 17yr 750mL

June 29, 2012November 14, 2017 BuffaloJern Leave a comment

Most recently we celebrated in the combined birthday of both a Buffalo, and a Bear. To mark the festivities we decided to enjoy the wonders of a British style pub known as the British Beer Company (BBC) – which first off is a chain bar in American meaning the purpose of being a true British Pub is essentially out the window. BUT bring on the goofy racism.

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