Laphroaig 10 Year Old 2001 Cigar Malt Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

Today I tried a head-to-head tasting of three core range bottles from Laphroaig, the famous distillery on Islay. I tried the 10 Year Old, the 15 Year Old and the 10 Year Old Cask Strength. Let’s begin with the standard 10 (the 40% ABV version, there exists a 43% ABV version, but I do not yet have that one). Here goes: The nose is pretty medicinal...

Score 82/100

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

The Laphroaig 10, in my opinion, is possibly one of the finest and most flavorful single malts out there. And at a price which begs for multiple bottles to be stowed away for a rainy day. Which is precisely what I've done. The nose is like standing atop a hill overlooking the churning sea as a light drizzle of honey and lemon spatter against your...

Score 92/100

Laphroaig 21 Year Old cask strength

Bottle 824 of 1427. Bottled out of 9 casks. Not sure the year of the bottling. Nose: the first thing I notice is the alcohol. Followed shortly by a world of scent, soft berries backed by caramel only to give way to a spiced iodine. Reminds me of a Speyside malt. Spice rushes in, orange zest and clove! An earthy smoke is wtorking well with woody,...

Score 95/100

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

This whisky is unapologetic and brazen, however soulfully honest. Nose: Blue reek, coal, coal tar, iodine, earthy (leaf mulch, sweet malt. develops into a spicy aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg. also detected a trace of carnation milk and a faint golden syrup note Palate: big, butch and full bodied (steroids possibly used ;)) mouth coating and thick,...

Score 97/100