Laphroaig 10/15: same base?

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I'm interested in this as well. I like the ten, and have tried the 15 only once.

U¿ytkownik "reply w/o spam" napisa³:

The methods are exactly the same, and so are the ingredients (water, yeast, malted barley). The whisky in casks, however, will always differ from one cask to another, even if filled with newmake from the same batch, and casks being of the same type - the whisky will always differ after ten or so years. When composing the standard 10y, they chose this particular combination of flavours and are striving at repeating the same with each batch. In the case of the 15yo, they went for a somewhat smoother stuff, which partially (but not entirely) results from the whisky maturing for 5 years (or more) longer. That's all there is to it.

Cheers, Rajmund

As a general rule, ageing softens the peat and smoke and lets the background (sherry, etc.) show through a bit more. Lots of exceptions, however.....

U¿ytkownik "mdavis" napisa³:

Also, you never know what actually goes into a current batch of 10yo and what into the 15yo - age wise, I mean. They might not be so far away. Or might be zillions of years apart....

Cheers, Rajmund

Laphroaig had to be God's personal sipping stuff...............................

Bought my first bottle yesterday....I actually laughed at the first sip! Still amazed that anyone would drink this by choice AND that I keep going back for more! The strangest, best, worst, most interesting, most curious SMS I've ever had! Gonna have to "convince" myself to have another dram tonight....and tomorrow....and the day after.