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…
Look here!!! This is the classic Islay peated single malt. There will be peat smoke, and lots of it! There will be that medicinal iodine taste and that is what makes it famous. If you drink single malts for any time you will grow fond of this dram. The finish is quite long and that is also one of the great things about it. If you are a rookie to single malts, probably not the one to start with if you are feint of heart! Laphroaig 10 is a great value and the iconic islay malt.
I'm a fairly new Scotch drinker, dabbled in Highlands (Glenmorangie and Macallan) and a bit of Speyside (Balvenie) before getting curious enough to make the jump to Islay. Drinking this sends me back to Barnegat Bay in New Jersey. Spending the afternoon on my grandpa's sailboat and coming home to my uncle grilling dinner on the back patio. Saltwater, smoke, just overall a wonderful experience.
I tasted it on local pub resent day. It it not for my taste range at all. I like a less peatier whisky. There is something in the burnt flavour that I dont like. But the finish is more sweet from barley.
I have tried many different scotch over the years but have never smelled anything so much like bad medicine. Wow -- it's really bad. I can't drink this scotch based on the pungent strange medicinal smell and will try to return the 95% I have not drank, to the store where I purchased.
Tasted this one on local pub. I knew it was very peated. For me it tastes artifical and very characeristic smoky flavour. Like someone has bite it and chewed it first.. but I find it has some barley sweetness in the finish. I will go for the little less smokier drams instead.
