Laphroaig Càirdeas Triple Wood Cask Strength Review

[@nobodyimportant5417]

So, rex, you'd say the triple wood hits you in the back of the throat? Love ya, Rex. You are my adolescent spirit animal.

[@donnytaylor1896]

Once you hear the WAP reference, everything (including the hand gestures) take on a whole new perspective...

[@OscarGonzoJim]

wap.... just slipped it in there huh rex

[@redstarmn9308]

Hands slipped it in better though

[@OscarGonzoJim]

@@magicalmotherfucker nice

[@glorfac]

I was avoiding watching that video but now I had to watch it. I must say, I'd buy what they're selling. I wonder if they accept whisky as payment? *thinking face*

[@Mark-zu6oz]

Recently tried this. Just incredible! Absolutely delicious and so smooth - and that was the cask strength. One of the best I've ever had.

[@breakingbelmont]

Ayyy! I have this bottle at home. My first cask strength Islay... it nearly kicked me in the teeth the first time I tried it, but it’s absolutely phenomenal after a few drops of water. One of those whiskies that opens up beautifully. Sláinte!

[@erezbar5018]

I went to the festival last year and the lady who served me at Laphroig told me it’s pronounce Car Chase ... it was my favourite of the festival I really like the Cairdeas 15 as well

[@TheBigZapper]

Rex blue balling over a infantile joke is just the best...🤣

[@PaulJohnson-jq9xw]

Picked up a bottle of the for $80! WOW. Spectacular stuff. I will say that it softened up a lot after a few days and is one of the best bottles of whisky for the money I have tried.

[@CJULES-xx1hp]

So glad you guys reviewed this one! This is one of my favorites right now! The night after I had my first glass I went out and picked up two more bottles.

[@jameseasterbrooks5363]

I bought a bottle of this last July when I was at Laphroaig. It is awesome and a little water really opens it up.

[@shkibby1]

"There's Laphroaig in this glass, there's Laphroaig in this glass, there's Laphroaig in this glass"

[@rmac52]

I can't wait to open this up. The Laphroig PX cask is my favorite whisky. I have high hope for this one! I am looking forward to comparing them when the PX is running low.

[@augustkreiv1640]

I love this bottle. One of my top 5 whiskies from last year, and I tried a lot! My favorite offering from Laphroaig so far for sure.

[@johnroper1197]

I have learned so much about tasting thanks to you magnificent bastards. Cheers to another good video!

[@mr.b6330]

Good good let the Laphroaig flow through you. Just finished a bottle of Buffalo Trace and working over a bottle of Laphroaig 10 this weekend, thank you guys for past reviews.

[@Erniethebear]

Laphroaig 10 is the only bottle of whisk[e]y I have bought, so far, that I just couldn't choke down. I had to give that one away to someone who would appreciate it.

[@geoffdunn4912]

Odd, I was sure that pouring that would summon Emma from wherever she was on the property. They must've filmed this on her day off...

[@billmonteith1161]

I have not tried the non-cask strength Cairdeas but I am in love with the 59.5. I want to buy the Lore and the 10 yr cask strenghth and compare.

[@maartenhimself]

Bill Monteith You won't regret the Lore ;)

[@jamwheeler]

the first few times i asked i had a reasonably long and somewhat thought out way of asking why havent yall done Kilkerran 12 yet but now im just going to spam it until it happens

[@chrisb5986]

I am a big laphroaig fan, and that sounds really good...I will be looking for it

[@birddog2017]

Like fine wine you folks just get better and better.

[@darrenj9013]

"OH.... OH.... YEAH....I Like that " was the exact same reaction I had when I tried this. I bought a backup bottle before it disappeared from my total wine

[@tooterthepirate]

You guys get some awesome whiskey that we can't get in Australia, Would love to come over there and have a look thru the vault!

[@whiskeylino5669]

Y’all can go back to some of the whisk(e)ys y’all have reviewed before, just to see if y’all fell the same or if something has changed in my opinion. Cheers you MB!

[@christopherbenfield7848]

I have a bottle of this I picked up last year...Haven't even opened it yet... still trying to make it through my 2012 Cairdeas bottle...

[@TheJdm2203]

Had to catchup on all the episodes!! Way to show restraint Daniel!! You waited an entire episode for the WAP joke!! CONGRATS!!

[@jesusfreakinct]

Aside from the crazy big guns (Laphroaig 30, etc), the Laphroaig Cairdeas Triple Wood maybe my favorite Laphroaig expression ever...I've got quite the stockpile. I wish it wasn't a one-off.

[@FEWGEE1]

It's back in stock on Laphroaigs website.

[@patrickpjsullivan]

I've heard you mention Balcones before and I just looked it's available in Pennsylvania! I'm getting a bottle tomorrow

[@shotokantiger4982]

As someone who lives right down the road from the Balcones distillery and has consumed just about every expression they’ve released... I wholeheartedly recommend the distillery and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Pro tip: aim for cask strength single malt if you can find it

[@patrickpjsullivan]

@@shotokantiger4982 awesome! I can't wait. I may recommend we bring it in. I bartend at a whiskey bar.

[@paladonis]

There is a brand that is already doing this by Infuse Spirits. They take young whiskies and mature and finish them in steel barrels along with wood chips. It's actually a fairly decent whiskey too. The Broken Barrel is the main one I have tried, but they started out and made their name with Vodka. Which is making me wonder if they are barrel aging the vodka as a "whiskey" an then doing that process of finishing in steel barrels. Taht would sorta make sense.

[@szeth14]

I'm gonna need a bucket sized cup of this

[@jacobdeslattes3519]

Anyone interested in looking it up. There is a post on home distiller called a badmo barrel. Basically a stainless barrel with a barrel head to reduce surface area.

[@danskerenandersen1911]

Can you Guys please try stauning whisky, its a danish whisky which is made just like old days in scotland. The malt is floormalted, then smoked using lokal peat, actually everyting that goes into the whisky is made at the distillery included the malt. And at last it is also distilled over open fire. They make the best rye i have ever tasted, and their peat whisky is also phenomenal.

[@freeamerican1565]

It smells of salt and smokey campfire... and WAP I love this channel!

[@mrj3711]

Ahh how cute. The mooch giving tasting lessons to the som. Another good vid.

[@TheNecronacht]

I f'ing absolutely laughed my ass off waiting on the WAP... Y'all are awesome!

[@jakeblizzard6019]

Would love to see a new cigar whisky video.

[@PhinClio]

Two cheers for all those US whiskey regulations. I can imagine that they're a pain in the butt for distillers, but they allow knowledgeable consumers to know (more or less) what we're buying. Compare and contrast with, e.g., Japanese whiskey, which is much less regulated and consequently much more mysterious from a consumer perspective.

[@michaelo5665]

I agree in principle but most of the shipping and point of sale regulations have little to do with quality control.

[@PhinClio]

@@michaelo5665 I was talking about the labeling requirements that Daniel was complaining about. I totally agree with you about the shipping regulations.

[@TylerUNCA]

Would you say that you could label one Càirdeas A and the other Càirdeas B?

[@the34zydc.64]

Don't blame the Scottish for the spelling - blame the scribes translating it to Latin characters.

[@MGP_2024]

Do an analysis of surface area of barrel to volume per barrel and speak about the taste and aroma!

[@dccoletrain]

I find the 10 year too watery after drinking higher proof stuff. I still like the CS 10 so I’d probably like this one.

[@koreywilliams4570]

I want to visit your bar some day. Its a goal of mine to make a road trip just for that reason.

[@aaronbirkholz3365]

It is my all time scotch without there even being a close competitor and it breaks my heart that I’m never going to have another bottle

[@TheElaborinth8993]

Do around the 9min mark they were talking about adding wood staves to a metal barrel, and aging whiskey in it, and what it would legally be called. What if you made a new cask from a bunch of different used staves, (like a sherry cask, an oak cask, etc) and used that to age whiskey in....what would that be legally? It would be 100% a normal traditional barrel, but just using a collection of different used staves.

[@Kornith]

So I have discovered that Monkey Shoulder is my favorite whiskey to drink at the moment. However, I would like to branch out and discover other whiskeys. What would you fellas suggest? Thanks, and you guys are awesome!

[@jessemorgan8702]

I wonder if it is fair to say that higher proof typically brings out the sweeter notes in whisky, e.g. fruits and sugars, and therefore balances them better with your tannic notes, e.g. spices, oak, and smoke. Will have to drink more whisky to find out. 🥃

[@darrensim295]

That sounds like a good experiment to partake in

[@sappercrg]

Well, you magnificent B words. I need to find some of that Laphroaig.

[@autumnForge]

Further to the discussion of aging whisky, if you are doing the 10 second aging trick, if you just pour new make through a barrel which drains out the other end, how long can you do this until the oak is no longer considered "new oak"?

[@dylanchurchill1094]

Hey Dan and Rex! Love your channel. Have been listening now for a couple months, still have a LOT of catching up to do. But I have to say THANK YOU for making my whiskey journey much more fun and interesting! I’m curious, I’ve seen a couple videos where you mention whiskeys going bad once they drop to 1/3 volume over several months due to oxygen. My question is, could you transfer a really special whiskey you know you don’t want to drink too quickly to another enclosed glass bottle, like a 325ml decanter, once the original bottle gets to half, extending the life? Cheers! 🥃

[@jonascahonas4323]

laphroig quarter cask for the burn. Ardbeg all day for the flavor. Now I have to go have an Ardbeg sipper.

[@GintaGoji]

When I saw the comment about the steel/ wood slat barrel, the main thing I wondered about is how the steel would impact the whiskey. Would the steel give any off flavors to the whiskey? Would the steel allow the whiskey to properly move in & out of the wood?

[@Alltarious]

I GOT THAT AND HEARD THAT REX well done.

[@iaindennis3321]

I was given a bottle of 40 year old Laphroaig - most treasured whiskey.

[@donulldh4785]

When you pull a second bottle for comparison, Please show the label and bottle.

[@dylanrichardson764]

Daniel is such a prude

[@marztion7845]

Best episode yet 😂

[@IndianaGeologist]

I remember you guys did a video on how long opened whiskeys will last and you cautioned people about milking low bottles because the air will change the whiskey, are you guys getting that on much of your collection? Lots of your bottles, including Daniel's rare stuff are really low.

[@swedishwhiskygirl]

I wonder how the Cairdeas compares to my favourite the Lore 🤔

[@steveno7058]

Blows it away. This is one of those legendary bottles.

[@swedishwhiskygirl]

Steven Owens In what way? Flavour wise?

[@steveno7058]

Flavor intensity, mouth feel, longer finish, more obvious complexity (you don’t have to search for complexity as much). This is an epic bottle

[@katherinegallagher9081]

Wop....B. I think I got u Rex😂❤🥃

[@putridreviews]

Love "la frog" ...

[@joeappleton6849]

Review blood oath whisky please

[@afreeland99]

Maybe if they added a full on commercial dumpster in the vault, Daniel would be able to hit the trash can.

[@markmlinar1511]

This cask strength is one of the best peeted whiskeys on the market, and just anywhere.

[@cambriadavis3517]

I had to pause the video because I am hysterically laughing over the millisecond clip of a laughing Snapchat filtered Cardi B just casually slipped in there

[@chrishepworth1989]

Does the whiskey lose some smoke once opened. As I purchased a bottle of Laphroaig select first time trying this type of whiskey the smoking hit me like I had smoked a pack of 20. Now it seem like it not even half as smokey and very enjoyable 🤣 next bottle the lap 10. My question is it me not tasting the smoke even with a fresh pallet or does it lose some of the strength when opened?

[@stephaniebutler5310]

Oh Rex-we got it.

[@Acesian]

Y'all should make some earthquake proof shelving to add to the security of the vault

[@wasabista1613]

I get it. "Wap" stands for "woodsmoke and pecans." Right? Right?

[@cutrush07]

Who came up with the Fighting, Stealing and Drinking toast?

[@IanHutchison]

It bothers me that Rex didn't hold the bottle by the neck as per usual for the MB callout. Was he afraid of dropping the bottle?

[@bv4832]

Daniel... just to inform you I still have the Baby Shark song (that you so mindfully suggested) suck in my head. -.-

[@PurpleKingAtlas]

Rex is the biggest child and I love it.

[@Mangela_Erkel]

You should go for a triple wood now that laphroaig doesnt produce it any longer. Better now, because prices are allready going up from 45 to 150 in many places. Its a sell out everywhere. Go for it

[@DaveTex2375]

@ 3:50 The pet name for your special someone.

[@az99102]

The lagavulin is back!

[@MrBendayho]

What’s with mini flava flav?

[@maillardsbearcat]

Oh god if only this was available in Denver.

[@mikelisk9009]

Try daveco I've always had luck with them on getting good whisk(e)y

[@Beanbag109]

Or Tipsy’s Liquor World, just off C470 & Bowles

[@maillardsbearcat]

@@Beanbag109 You got my hopes up. Just called them and they don't have it :(. I'm looking for Talisker Distiller's Edition too and they didn't have that either. DAMN! Lol

[@maillardsbearcat]

@@mikelisk9009 No luck! Thanks though

[@josephappleton1061]

Kool review

[@JJBTEXAS494]

What ever happened to Royal Bastard?

[@adamdavies1249]

"Its WAP" I'm in bits that really hit my funny spot

[@thebrotherscurtin9827]

Car-chase according to the bartender at the distillery a couple years ago

[@theswag5997]

There's the crazy recommendation from Laphroaig to "add twice as much water as whisky to fully appreciate the characteristics of whisky at cask strength." Is anyone doing this?

[@theswag5997]

@@maillardsbearcat Agree. But that's what it says in the blurb on the back of the bottle.

[@michaelo5665]

I woke up thinking someone had been into my laphroaig this morning turns out the whole west coast just caught fire 🔥😄😁☺️😐😭

[@zackzenron]

What are those two whiskeys to Daniel's right that have the white circle on the black label? Head height.

[@phacomd]

They look like Cadenhead bottlings (independent bottler so cant tell what they are)

[@puddingwar5110]

I've never noticed Daniel's earring till now, is that new? Or an everyday thing? Or have I just not been paying attention to ears before 😂

[@Flyboyzeb]

They didn't proof down the cask strength to compare. I was interested to see that. Barely noticed from laughing too hard at the WAP jokes though.

[@maartenhimself]

Flyboyzeb what's WAP?

[@flyordie1206]

I have a bottle of both the cairdeas and normal triple wood. You can definitely add a few drops to the cairdeas to the point where it tastes exactly the same as the triple wood.

[@Flyboyzeb]

@@flyordie1206 thanks, that's interesting.

[@Flyboyzeb]

@@maartenhimself I'm gonna let you Google that one and make the Cardi B connection.

[@iTip28]

Daniel is not about Rex's shenanigans 😎

[@JazznRealHipHop]

Went to buy a dusty triple wood and this bottle was hiding behind it. Both for 85 apiece. Scoooooore 😁🥃

[@JimmyLeg]

Any current, low strength Laphroaig (40-43%) is pretty thin and lifeless once you've been drinking whisky for a while. (Four Oak, Select, 10)

[@killiejames1]

My wife calls Laphroaig 10, "La Frog" because it smells pond water. Going to have to look for this bottle next.

[@ironmantooltime]

OK I'd buy it just to try the pecan pie 🥧 😎

[@FartsTasteDelicious]

Joe Rogan needs to have you both on!! God that would be an epic podcast🔥👌🏼

[@Da1Prophessor]

Too damn funny how you let it slip out but kept dropping the "WAP" 👍🏽 Cardi B is now being referenced by the Whiskey Vault team... I love it👊🏽

[@MellowYellowMan]

Black current?

[@MrRichardyc]

This was $80 few months ago, it is now $96, should I get it? Is it worth the extra $30 over the regular Triple Wood?

[@Kw18472]

The cardi b laugh SENT ME 😂😂😂

[@aldenwilkins]

I got you Rex.

[@budthecyborg4575]

This sounds like Laphroaig's version of Uigeadail.

[@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies]

I heard at the distillery it is supposed to be pronounced like "car chase" but Ralfy mispronounces it (as he does other whiskies) as "Car-Dee-Ass". Scott & Bart at Scotch Test Dummies reviewed and REALLY liked this whisky so I immediately bought a bottle and popped the cork during my Islay Marathon - LOVE IT! Its my favorite from Laphroaig, especially for the price of $70 - $90.

[@steveno7058]

Agree. This is an epic bottle and I don’t even favor heavily peated expressions.

[@keithbaker7097]

It saddens me, I can’t find any islay scotch of any kind where I live in Ohio and I love anything with a nice smokiness 😱😰

[@WhiskyMystery]

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[@mitchellerickson9836]

1:06 the mooch O face