7,000+ Whiskey Database
Nose
Huge smoke, seaweedy, “medicinal”, with a hint of sweetness.
Taste
Surprising sweetness with hints of salt and layers of peatiness.
Finish
Lingering.
Liquor
Laphroaig 10yo Cask Strength (all batches)
Type
ABV
60.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet cereals with biscuit notes, fresh oak, smoked cedar, Manuka honey. Amsterdam pipe tobacco, old leather, touch of waxy church candle, vanilla cream, nutmeg and oak extracts.
Taste
Sweet and spicy, with burnt oak staves, barbecued marshmallows, toffee and sea salt, vanilla and Belgium caramel waffles. Roasted coffee fudge cream on sticky toffee pudding, with a hint of white pepper and crushed cinnamon.
Finish
Floral with spicy oak tannins, iodine and sea salt.
Liquor
Laphroaig 11 Dun Bheagan
Type
ABV
43.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Peanut, Asian pear, brine, grass.
Taste
Licorice, butter, pear, lemongrass.
Finish
Mushroom, oak, licorice, butter, peat.
Liquor
Laphroaig 12 Old Malt Cask
Type
ABV
50%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet honey and vanilla with rhubarb, peat, iodine and seaweed.
Taste
Peat and iodine, with sweet stewed prunes.
Finish
Long and dry with peat, and a hint of oak.
Liquor
Laphroaig 14 Douglas Laing’s Old Particular
Type
ABV
48.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Smoked sausages, peat smoke, medicinal, sea salt, lemon drops, snow, eucalyptus
Taste
Gingerbread, lemon balm, peat smoke, tangerine, malted chocolate, salted caramel, peaches
Finish
Pineapple, gingerbread, apples (the yellow, mealy ones), smoke, sweet lemon, peaches
Liquor
Laphroaig 14 Old Particular Feis Ile 2015
Type
ABV
48.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Tarry ropes, damp earth, bandages, TCP / iodine with a distinctly peated barley style
Taste
Phenolic sweetness with a medicinal / bandage quality + smoked meat & an autumn bonfire kick
Finish
Long with peated malt & crushed barley sugar + a damp earthy – yet sweet – character.
Nose
Apple, pears, delicate smoke, lime, citrus and hint of iodine,
Taste
Sweet, mild smoke, nutmeg. some citrus, more pineapple than lemon, touch of char, dry leaves.
Finish
Smokey, hint of spice.
Nose
Apple, pears, delicate smoke, lime, citrus and hint of iodine,
Taste
Sweet, mild smoke, nutmeg. some citrus, more pineapple than lemon, touch of char, dry leaves.
Finish
Smokey, hint of spice.
Liquor
Laphroaig 15 1998 Signatory Un-Chillfiltered Collection – Cask Strength (K&L Wines)
Type
ABV
59.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Brine, caramel, grassfire, smoked nuts, candied orange peel, almond paste
Taste
Peanut butter, caramel, brine, peat, pear, banana bread
Finish
Short, peach, smoked salt, campfire, anise, cloves, caramel
Liquor
Laphroaig 15 2002 Handfilled
Type
ABV
56.9%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Vanilla, oak, iodine, malt, ash, pear, moss
Taste
Honey, pear, malt, ash, lemon, oak, salt
Finish
Lemon, vanilla, iodine, black pepper, ash
Liquor
Laphroaig 15 200th Anniversary
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet, fruity, spiced apple, pear, dust and a hint of sea spray.
Taste
Soft, rounded, earthy smoke and sweet liquorice, with gently tarry notes and coal smoke
Finish
Gentle smoke, fruity apple with a hint of spice.
Liquor
Laphroaig 15 Old (200th Anniversary Edition)
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet, fruity, spiced apple, pear, dust and a hint of sea spray.
Taste
Soft, rounded, earthy smoke and sweet liquorice, with gently tarry notes and coal smoke
Finish
Gentle smoke, fruity apple with a hint of spice.