{"id":54,"date":"2005-05-25T10:28:50","date_gmt":"2005-05-25T16:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/?p=54"},"modified":"2005-05-25T11:05:34","modified_gmt":"2005-05-25T17:05:34","slug":"laphroaig-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"Laphroaig 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just like to share that I finally had the chance to enjoy a dram of Laphroaig 30, and what a great treat it was.  I went out last Saturday for my 8th anniversary (with Linda, of course&#8230;heh!) and went to Carlos&#8217; in Highwood.  Very excellent experience, and I started off the evening with Lagavulin 16.  The Lagavulin made for a great aperitif and just confirmed for me how great that scotch is.<\/p>\n<p>But, the real story is after dinner.  We went to Froggy&#8217;s&#8230;a pleasant French bistro on Green Bay Rd known for being a pretty good value for the money.   They had a small collection of fine single malts&#8230;and, to my surprise, they had Laphroaig 30, and I couldn&#8217;t resist.  At $22 a dram, it was not exactly one to become committed to for the night, but it was a nice finish to the night out.<\/p>\n<p>The nose was impressive&#8230;fantastic whiffs of smoke and peat as you normally expect from Laphroaig.  The body has great depth and dare I say, rotund.  It lacks the slight bitterness of the 15, and instead has toasted, rich sweetness and salt, a smooth and slightly warm finish.   Quite enjoyable.   <\/p>\n<p>The bottle currently retails for $220 at Binny&#8217;s and is rumored to be the last that they&#8217;ll have for some time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.binnys.com\/images\/spiritslabels\/163213L.jpg\" alt=\"Laphroaig 30\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like to share that I finally had the chance to enjoy a dram of Laphroaig 30, and what a great treat it was. I went out last Saturday for my 8th anniversary (with Linda, of course&#8230;heh!) and went to Carlos&#8217; in Highwood. Very excellent experience, and I started off the evening with Lagavulin 16. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}