COLOR: Full sparkling gold.

NOSE: Burning embers of peat in a crofter's fireplace, hints of coconut and banana aromas.

BODY: Full bodied.

PALATE: Deep, complex, and smoky, yet offers and surprises the palate with a gentle sweetness.

FINISH: Really long, and dries appropriately with smoke and spice.

This expression offers an irresistible doubling of flavor due to the double maturation in two casks made of American oak.

Still-maturing whisky from our standard ex-bourbon barrels is transferred to quarter casks and left to rest in our warehouse just a stone’s throw from the Atlantic shore.

This process represents Laphroaig breathing new life into a once-defunct tradition: the use of the smaller cask size, which ensures increased contact with the oak, creating a soft and velvety edge to complement Laphroaig’s distinctive peatiness.

On the nose the sensation is toffee and caramel, caused by the vanillas and tannins of the American oak, plus a dryness from the wood oil.

The finish is long and alternates between this sweetness and smoke.

AWARDS

2013 SF World Spirits Competition – Silver Medal

2013 Beverage Tasting Institute (BTI) – Gold Medal

2013 International Spirits Challenge – Gold Medal

2013 International Wine & Spirit Competition – Silver Medal

2011 SF World Spirits Competition - Gold Medal

2010 International Wine & Spirit Competition - Gold Medal

2010 SF World Spirits Competition - Silver Medal

2009 SF World Spirits Competition - Silver Medal

2008 IWSC (Internation Wine & Spirits Competition) - Gold medal (Best in class)

2008 SF World Spirits Competition - Silver medal

2007 ISC (International Spirits Challenge) - Silver medal

2007 IWSC (Internation Wine & Spirits Competition) - Gold medal (Best in class)

2007 International Review of Spirits (BTI) - Gold medal

2007 SF World Spirits Competition - Silver medal

2006 Quality Drinks Awards Platinum Q Award

2006 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, double-gold award.

2005 Jim Murray's Whisky Bible - 95 points out of 100

2005 MALT MANIACS AWARDS - DAILY DRAM AWARD “…its average score simply puts it so far ahead of any other candidate that we just had to give this award to the 'Quarter'.”

2005 International Wine & Spirit Competition - Silver Medal and Best in Class (Single malt - Islay)