Released in 2004, this bottling was aged for around five years before being finished in a quarter cask for several months, the size of the cask is quite small, thus does not require such a long maturation. This remains a truly great achievement from Laphroaig.
Oily and buttery nose, with toffee, nuttiness, hickory, bicarbonate of soda, rum and raisin ice cream and zest.
Big rush of sweetness, in fact it’s an explosion of sweetness, with fiery chilli heat, TCP, sweet cereals and a touch of cola syrup.
Medium-length, but becomes fruity, with custard and cigar smoke.
Overall, I really have enjoyed my first few drams of this. It starts off sweet, but then almost immediately is followed with great depth of smoke and peat, almost too intense for me. Wow, it hits you with a potent punch. It has a bit too much briny heft for my palate. There were a few sips where this was the overwhelming charactor, like a mouth of sea water. On the positive side, this has a very long pleasant peppery,smokey campfire finish that can stick with you well after you have swallowed the last of your drink.
Its just a beauty ! Rich , smoky , dry sweet, 48 vol , looks like unchillfiltered and no coloring added ,which is a always a good sign!.
Love this one. Much better than the 10 year old.
Half a star? Bourbon man?
Looking at all the positive reviews I took a chance. Had to return it as it was the most horrible experience I've had so far. I don't mind peat but this tasted like it was filtered through socks worn for a week.
