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Skewbrow:
I'm ending my edition of a Dry January with this fine bottle of Laphroaig Lore. This is much smoother than their regular 10 year old (which is still a very fine single malt). The prize (99€/bottle) no longer makes me blink, but it does mean that I intend to cherish it rather than consume it. Also, I will double check what this does to my sleep hygiene. Last year I started suspecting that there may be a correlation between less than ideal nights and consecutive 2-finger evenings.
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 07 Feb 2020, 12:41 ---The prize (99€/bottle) no longer makes me blink, but it does mean that I intend to cherish it rather than consume it.
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Funny thing how much things like that can change. A decade back I was like "why would I ever spend more than 25€ on a bottle of Whiskey? There price increase can't be a quality increase.", but these days I know better.
I haven't arrived at the 100€ barrier yet, there's plenty of good stuff in the 50€ range.
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 07 Feb 2020, 12:41 ---Also, I will double check what this does to my sleep hygiene. Last year I started suspecting that there may be a correlation between less than ideal nights and consecutive 2-finger evenings.
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I pretty much have been there. You don't need a hangover to have a bad night, and following day.
hedgie:
I haven't had the Laphroiag Lore yet, but I'll check to see if one of the local bars does on their half-off nights. I've had their 10, their 15, and the Quarter Cask. The 10 is alright, IMO. I much prefer the Ardbeg 10 at that price-point. The 15 is a great one that I'd keep at home at all times if I could afford to, and the Quarter Cask is only for when I'm in the mood to as one bartender put it to me as "giving rough prison sex to an oak tree that's slapping you with its branches as it comes".
celticgeek:
I have not had the Laphroaig Lore, either. I do drink Laphroaig, though, preferring the Triple Wood. However, Triple Wood has not been available for the last few months at my liquor store. (I may have to try somewhere else.) So I am drinking Select right now and I like it. I have not seen any Lore at my liquor store, so again I may have to try elsewhere.
I have tried the Quarter Cask, and it is pretty tough, all right.
cybersmurf:
Dunno, I like the quarter Cask. In low doses.
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