Laphroaig 10 Year Old is an iconic Islay single malt whisky, renowned for its heavily peated profile. Expect intense smoke, medicinal iodine, and a hint of seaweed. This whisky captures the bold spirit of Islay and is one of Scotland's most characterful drams. Islay's world-famous Laphroaig distillery is known for its medicinal malts, and its signature 10-year-old is no exception thanks to its full maturation in bourbon barrels, which serves to highlight that individual distillery character. This beauty has won a slew of industry awards over the decades and we love it.
Non-chill filtered for maximum flavour. A must-have for peat lovers!"
Our tasting notes feature a contribution from the longest-serving distillery manager in the brand's history, the wonderful John Campbell, who worked at Laphroaig from 1994 until 2021.
This opens on big, smoky muscular peat notes. There are spices, and liquorice, as well as a big dose of salt. This whisky has become slightly sweeter in recent years, and it appears beautifully on the nose, amidst the classic iodine/sticking plasters and cool wood smoke we love.
Seaweed-led, with a hint of vanilla ice cream and more than a whiff of notes from the first aid box (TCP, plasters etc). The oak is big, and muscles its way into the fore as you hold this whisky over your tongue. An upsurge of spices develop – cardamom/black pepper/chilli.
Big and drying, as the savoury, tarry notes build up with an iodine complexity.
The only malt from Laphroaig’s range that John Campbell recommends with water; try it, it opens up the palate massively, providing a dazzling array of additional flavours…
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I've tried quite a few whiskys over the past 50 years and the 10 year old Laphroaig is the one I always return to. Nothing else is anywhere near as interesting.
Laphroaig have really produced some rubbish over the last decade. The entry level 10 is one of the worst in their line up and gets worse year on year. It’s unrefined, uninteresting, watered down so much that a McDonald’s milkshake has more of a kick than this garbage. What makes this so frustrating is that laphroaig can actually produce some outstanding whisky. The quarter cask towers over the 10, the 18 is sublime and the recent release of the 16 bottled at 48% is arguably the best new scotch of 2019. So I urge everyone to avoid this basic uncultured offering and buy the quarter cask for less or buy the amazing 16.
I'm not entirely convinced that they don't just squeeze the juices out of bog mummies and bottle it. It smells and tastes like it was aged 10 years in a corpse embalmed in rubbing alcohol.
I haven't had a Laphroaig 10 for years but I always called it my favourite whisky. I bought a bottle recently and the first glass had me scratching my head. The medicinal flavour was overwhelming and the smoke was muted, but I came back to it a few days later and the balance was back. Wonderful smoke and spices came to the fore and my love was rekindled. If you gave up after the 1st glass, give it another shot. The 1/4 Cask is slightly more to my taste at the moment, but I could well change my mind in another glass or two.
It tastes like sheep dip. I love it.
