Again, as always in the past. I am a simple man. I see Laphroaig I click, even at my daughter's wedding. Hell, she'll probably get married a few more times, I will pay attention during one of the next ones!
I work in a bottle shop in Australia and amongst my team I'm known as the "whiskey guy" my secret is that I learnt everything I know from watching your videos 😁
Mom, Dad and the three Kids….. YES! Now I get it! Can’t wait to lay this on our monthly whiskey club. I’m gonna need a whiteboard. We drink responsively so will feature a Mom and a Dad one ounce pours for the tasting and perhaps one kid. Which Kid? This will really throw the group because they know I’m a Rye/Bourbon guy and Scotch is not in my flavor profile. You are a really special person thank you for always giving us positivity and insight on life not just whiskey.
Laphroaig has become my new favorite whiskey. Definitely one I want to keep on the shelf. I'm a little over a year into my journey and my wife surprised me with a bottle the other day. I've found I'm only a bourbon guy when mixing. I like Japanese whiskey. And finally I love scotch. Thank you for helping me on the journey, good drinking my friend!
Interesting about people picking Laphroaig or hating it. I’ve tried many different whiskies but prefer Laphroaig over all that I’ve given the chance to win. Thanks Daniel
That was a quick eleven minutes! Way back, Lagavulin 16 was the "Oh, yes!" moment, the intro to the rules of the game. Then I found Laphroaig and Ardbeg and was more like, "'Okay, I'm all in!" Since then, it's been a wonderful ride.
Laphroaig converted me too 😁, I don’t think I would have a whisky channel if I never had it . If someone says they don’t like whisky to me I always like to make sure they have tried both the Speyside and Islay styles. Often people dislike one and love the other.
Re: women & Peat. Took a few bottles over to a friend's house (Hibiki Harmony, Teeling single malt, Eagle Rare, and Lagavulin DE) for a cookout one night. Everyone liked the ER, but my friend lit up when she tried the Lagavulin and ended up going out to buy a bottle.
Glenlivet 12 was my gateway Scotch but Laphroaig 10 and Lore were the REAL Scotches that converted me into an Islay Scotch lover. Thus, I'm part of the Church of Laphroaig, though I confess to also having a bottle of Lagavulin 16 in the cabinet as well 😂. Great vid.
As someone who is mainly a bourbon and rye drinker who is starting to explore other whiskey types, I really appreciate this explanation. Clear, concise, and easily digestible. Thank you for the continued incredible content!
Many, many years ago we had the opportunity to attend a dinner sponsored by Johnnie Walker that included a presentation on blending scotch, with tastings. I fell in love with Islay whisky then. If I have Johnnie Walker, I prefer gold or platinum to the blue, which was too sweet. The whole flavor profile changed 10 or 15 years ago, so we don’t buy anymore. I learned more from your video than from their presentation.
Well thanks I guess. This exact was the one that made me grow an entire cabinet. I never liked any until I tasted the Laphroaig 10. All I got at first was 'licking a barbecue', but it intrigued me and I liked it. After that I started to pick things up in other whiskies and that's all she wrote...
As someone who lives in Oban I have to ask, what’s the attraction? It’s just another wee island, we have hundreds of the bastards around here. You’re much better heading waaaay up north, it’s actually beyond stunning up there.
@@AMillar1 I guess I would get that question in another youtube channel but here it seems obvious. My first day there I went to Ardbeg, walked to Lagavulin, and then finished the trek at Laphroaig.
Laphroig definitely got me into whiskey. I was really glad that I could start enjoying the cheaper, every day bourbons and Irish whiskies. No way could I afford to smash a bottle of Laphroig or Ardveg on the weekends 😊
Laphroaig 10 makes me think Lox. Didn't used to. I thought it medicinal, band aid, etc. Then, like Saul on his way to Damascus, I saw the light. Right now, as I watch you talk about the family, I am drinking Lagavulin, 11 year old single malt Offerman Caribbean Rum Cask. I saw the light.
I have this an several other expressions but Batch 12 of the Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength is really toasty and sweet really different to the standard 10 and the Batch variety coming through is really cool to see. Slainte
Daniel that was a wonderful lesson. Your teaching skills are unsurpassed. I already knew this but I learned so much. I can now explain it others in a way I couldn't before. Sometimes it's difficult to get bourbon drinkers to understand Scotch whisky. Using this 5 types method with the mother and father makes is clear and concise. Thank you!
Laphroaig 10 was the whiskey that made me love whiskey! the first whiskey i enjoyed. now it tastes way to weak for me, i love Octomore when i can get it and Ardbeg Uigidal and Correyvreken my go to sippers. cheers
G'day Daniel. Yes, I was hooked into whisky after buying and trying a bottle of Laph 10 (almost 15 years ago!). Like most whiskies but Peat is still my love'. Thanks so much for the vid . I get asked this a lot as well... I'm about to watch again (to get it through my thick skull) thanks again, AL
I love the revisit of the classic drams we have all had on our journey. This is certainly a core whisky and still one of my favorites! Many thanks Daniel.
Laphroaig 10 made me think that I didn't like Islay whisky, but I love Arbeg and Lagavulin (I'm sipping Lagavulin 16 as I type). Great explanation of the five categories of Scotch whisky. You are definitely missed on Whiskey Tribe.
Laphroaig 10 is what made me fall in love with whisky and I have used it to convert at least 14 other people to Scotch drinkers! (One even insisted on finding a way to buy a bottle on the way to his train home from the pub...)
The first time I had Laphroaig, my BIL had me try a sample. It tasted like I licked the bottom of an ashtray. (Let's not discuss how I know how that would taste, I "just know." And, I was very curious as a child.) Anyway, a few weeks later I decided to buy a bottle so I would have it on hand to serve to friends, sort of as a gag. Of course, I had to try it again and I found that the ashtray flavor wasn't there anymore and I really enjoyed the actual flavor. Which started me down a road of exploration into various types of Scotch and other whiskey types. I have yet to find one that I truly despise, only "good enough" to "truly enjoy." (Never found a Canadian one that I truly enjoy to this date though.)
Laphroaig 10 is one of the most amazing whiskies I've ever had. I like the peat, of course, but underneath that there's a delightfully fruity whisky that is different with every glass. It's the only whisky that has ever given me pineapple on the palate. 🥃 I was able to anticipate where you were going early on in the explanation, but it was the first explanation of the whole thing I'd ever encountered and it helped me to clarify and organize what I already knew. Thank you. 🙂
Outstanding as always Daniel. Just when I think I knew a fair bit about whiskey you teach me a hard lesson with facts that re-educate me. Thank you for doing that and please keep up the great work.
Been watching Whiskey Vault for years, been exploring whisk(e)ys across all categories, but was still poking around at scotch, having found some I like and some that were "fine". I read the differences between the scotch categories a couple times and it was always in one eye and out the other...Thank you for putting it in a way that (seems likely to) stick!
Outstanding episode! Lagavulin 16 is what got me into whiskey. Before that I only knew the US bourbons and they never appealed to me so I thought that I just didn't like whisky. Happy 4th to all of the US BM's watching (and anyone else that cares).
Your explanation is cute and mostly correct, i.e. inaccurate but correct in the vast majority of cases. The three principal differentiators between malt and grain Scotch are whether it is: (i) produced in a single distillery (ii) using pure malted barley (iii) in a pot still. a) "Mom" is accurate: to be "single malt," all of (i) and (ii) and (iii) must be true. *b) "Dad" is inaccurate: to be "single grain," (i) must be true, but (ii) and/OR (iii) are false.* This is significant, because you can have pot-distilled whisky that is "single grain" merely because it is not pure malted barley. Although rare, it is something that distillers are experimenting with in order to retain more of the characteristics of the other grains. (Technically, you could also produce "single grain" Scotch from pure malted barley in a column still, but nobody would do this for the reasons you explained.) c) "Two (or more) moms make blended malt Scotch" is accurate. d) "Two (or more) dads make blended grain Scotch" is accurate (bearing in mind that the definition of "dad" was not quite right). *e) Your explanation of "one (or more) moms and one (or more) dad(s)" is inaccurate.* "Blended" means more than one distiller and/OR using both malt and grain whisky. This is significant because the "mom" and "dad" can be from the same distiller. This can either be because a single distiller (i) has both a pot and a continuous still, or (ii) has blended a pot-distilled whisky from pure malted barley (single malt Scotch) and a pot-distilled whisky made from malted barley mixed with other whole grains (single grain Scotch) to make an entirely pot-distilled "blended Scotch". I have no idea if any distiller is doing this or has any plans to, but that is how the categories actually work.
I was also under the impression that single malt also meant that the malted barley was from a single year's harvest. I wouldn't take a 5 year old whiskey and a 7 year old whiskey from the same distillery and mix them together and not call that blended.
Laphroaig 10 was the first whisk(e)y of any kind that I truly liked. But, I find, you have to be the kind of person that doesn't mind getting punched in the face when you eat. Whether it's spicy wings or curry, big smoky bbq brisket, etc.
Well done Daniel!! On America's Birthday??? I know I know you didn't plan it that way. Or did you Muahaha!! Okay seriously great video!! I can't remember if you used that explanation in the Bonafide course. Cheers 🥃
