Laphroaig Quarter Cask 0
It has been suggested that it means Hollow Broadbay, but that’s something that I can neither confirm nor refute, however what I can tell you is that it is the name of what is arguably one of the best known whiskies in the world: Laphroaig.
Found in the Islay region of Scotland, with its roots going back to 1810, Laphroaig is one of the big boys of the whisky world; known for its intense, smoky character. The bottle which I’ll be introducing you to today is known as Quarter Cask, which thankfully doesn’t mean that it was made out of American 25c silver coins. What it does mean is that the barrels in which the whisky was matured were smaller than the industry standard, one quarter of the size of the barrels normally used by Laphroaig (would you believe it!), which the distillery claims gives the whisky more contact with the wood, hence a richer flavour.