An older style bottling of Laphroaig's 18 year old single malt Scotch whisky, boasting a neat label and presentation tube. This livery existed between 2013 and 2016 when the 18 year old was discontinued.
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Very big. This is a beast of a whisky, with a breakfast character (granary toast, salty butter, a touch of orange juice and coffee). After a while of nosing it you’ll start to get banana loaf, developing alongside the applewood smoke, perhaps even cocoa too.
Very rounded and thick. Golden Syrup? Salt spray, fiery wood spices, dark and brooding peat, star anise, dark chocolate and stewed prunes.
Very long, with liquorice, Seville orange marmalade, salty butter and kippers.
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...those who would mix this otherworldly scotch with anything? Idiots.
I mixed this beauty 70:30 with Irn Bru (L:IB 70:30) and it took my head off - classic scotch. Buy it.
I cannot believe how smooth and complex this whisky is. I've been meaning to buy this for a while but kept swaying towards the ardbegs and the lagavulins. Having taken the plunge, I was expecting a similar taste to the 10, but slightly more rounded. The truth though, is it just offers so much more. It is so elegant and smooth, with the sweet, toffee/vanilla element really coming to the fore, with the peat lingering in the back ground, "I was expecting more peat!" with a welcome addition of spice and salt in the finish. Worth noting that this started to taste a lot better once I had left it 5 minutes to open up.I would say I now rate this higher than the corryvrecken and probably the airigh nam beist. A great whisky. The only problem is goes down a little to easily!
This is one of the best I've had in this price range by far. Love the smokey flavor, the finish warms the soul. If you mix this with anything but a dash of water you should be hung for your war crimes. Amazingly I can get this from a local store for $80 USD/bottle.
Unless you're a brilliant mixologist, mixing this gem with anything is a shame, but adding Cola especially seems utterly absurd to me. Btw, the price for this one has gone through the roof! :(
