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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This a very good Laphroaig. Complex and multilayered smoke with fruity twist. Not too sweet, actually quite dry in the finish, I liked that. If they only would cut that caramel! I really don't like phrase "mit farbstoff".
Smoky, peaty and rich in taste. Really excellent and a great improvement over the mediocre 15-year-old. A real Whisky for friends of whiskies.
The 18year deserves some appreciation for sure, but not at the price of 120ish a bottle. If you never had the 15, your don't know what your missing. Fans of the pungent medicinal flavor will be disappointed as it is barely noticeable in the 18. For the price I would rather hunt down deal on some Lagavulin 16 as it is less harsh, slightly more medicinal, albeit slightly less smokey, but also only about $80 bucks usually. I wil go back to the 10yr laphroig at $40bucks, until the price comesdown on the 18. If It were about 70bucks would easily be a 5star.
The strong, fumey peatiness that is the signature of Laphroaig, but between these initial flavours soon appears a lingering mellow, almond-sweet taste. Has the nicely oily mouth feel of the younger barrelings, but with an added sophistication, despite the higher alcohol content, which means that this whisky both pleasingly soothes and kicks like the proverbial mule.
The raw vicious peat is still there, but so much more manageable. Over time it has settled down to become the beauty that it is, I go through three bottles a year! Even though much left to taste, this is currently my favourite Islay dram. Cheers from Sweden
