Laphroaig 10 Years

This famous Malt has an extremely smoky flavor with a hint of seaweed and other marine flavours. It is one of the most intense Islay malts. You hate it or you love it.

This famous Malt has an extremely smoky flavor with a hint of seaweed and other marine flavours. It is one of the most intense Islay malts. You hate it or you love it.

Details about this bottle Edit
110
Laphroaig
Scotland, Islay
Single Malt Whisky
10 Years
40%
0.7 l
Original bottling
Chill filtration - With Artifical colouring - With
Average tasting notes Tasting notes
Calculated from 594 Tasting Notes
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Nosing
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Medicinal Smoke:
Medicinal Smoke:
Maritime Notes:
Maritime Notes:
Seaweed:
Seaweed:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Iodine:
Iodine:
Salt:
Salt:
Bonfire Smoke:
Bonfire Smoke:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Fruit:
Oak:
Oak:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Ham:
Ham:
Spices:
Fruit:
Malt:
Malt:
Herb:
Herb:
Spices:
Alcohol:
Alcohol:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Sherry:
Herbs:
Nuts:
Lemon:
Apple:
Apple:
Lemon:
Herbs:
Honey:
Sherry:
Honey:
Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Tobacco:
Nuts:
Leather:
Leather:
Tobacco:
Orange:
Pear:
Pear:
Orange:
Grass:
Heather:
Oil:
Pepper:
Heather:
Oil:
Pepper:
Grass:
Pineapple:
Dark Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Ginger:
Plum:
Green Apple:
Plum:
Green Apple:
Dried Fruit:
Grape:
Mint:
Pineapple:
Dried Fruit:
Ginger:
Mint:
Grape:
Rye:
Lemon Peel:
Berries:
Banana:
Chili:
Almonds:
Cinnamon:
Fig:
Grapefruit:
Nutmeg:
Cinnamon:
Almonds:
Lemon Peel:
Fig:
Berries:
Nutmeg:
Anis:
Wheat:
Hazelnut:
Rye:
Date:
Banana:
Grapefruit:
Date:
Hazelnut:
Wheat:
Chili:
Tasting
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Maritime Notes:
Maritime Notes:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Seaweed:
Seaweed:
Medicinal Smoke:
Medicinal Smoke:
Salt:
Salt:
Spices:
Oak:
Oak:
Spices:
Iodine:
Iodine:
Malt:
Malt:
Bonfire Smoke:
Bonfire Smoke:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Ham:
Ham:
Fruit:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Oil:
Oil:
Herb:
Herb:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Herbs:
Alcohol:
Alcohol:
Herbs:
Chili:
Chili:
Pepper:
Sherry:
Pepper:
Heather:
Leather:
Heather:
Leather:
Honey:
Honey:
Sherry:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Lemon:
Orange:
Orange:
Lemon:
Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Tobacco:
Tobacco:
Nuts:
Pear:
Pear:
Banana:
Dark Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Banana:
Apple:
Dried Fruit:
Apple:
Coffee:
Dried Fruit:
Grass:
Grass:
Coffee:
Mint:
Lemon Peel:
Clove:
Cinnamon:
Ginger:
Mint:
Ginger:
Clove:
Cinnamon:
Lemon Peel:
Grapefruit:
Cherry:
Floral:
Date:
Barley:
Cake:
Coconut:
Blackberry:
Green Apple:
Barley:
Raisin:
Almonds:
Fig:
Green Apple:
Blackberry:
Raisin:
Date:
Floral:
Almonds:
Anis:
Cake:
Cherry:
Grapefruit:
Fig:
Coconut:
Finish
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Maritime Notes:
Maritime Notes:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Seaweed:
Seaweed:
Medicinal Smoke:
Medicinal Smoke:
Spices:
Oak:
Oak:
Salt:
Salt:
Spices:
Malt:
Malt:
Bonfire Smoke:
Bonfire Smoke:
Nuts:
Iodine:
Iodine:
Herb:
Herb:
Oil:
Oil:
Ham:
Ham:
Alcohol:
Alcohol:
Leather:
Leather:
Sherry:
Sherry:
Pepper:
Zitrus:
Fruit:
Pepper:
Zitrus:
Nuts:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Fruit:
Chili:
Chili:
Dark Chocolate:
Tobacco:
Dark Chocolate:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Tobacco:
Herbs:
Honey:
Orange:
Chocolate:
Orange:
Chocolate:
Herbs:
Honey:
Coffee:
Nutmeg:
Heather:
Heather:
Nutmeg:
Coffee:
Lemon:
Almonds:
Cinnamon:
Wheat:
Lemon:
Apple:
Apple:
Cinnamon:
Wheat:
Almonds:
Banana:
Plum:
Pear:
Barley:
Lemon Peel:
Plum:
Banana:
Barley:
Hay:
Anis:
Pear:
Ginger:
Ginger:
Hay:
Lemon Peel:

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dcatinella
20. Sep 2017
Nosing:

Taste: Oil Iodine Salt Seaweed Medicinal Smoke Peat Smoke Alcohol Tobacco

Finish:

Comment: BIG SMOKE this is the one you give people you hate, they will not drink your scotch after this lol
dcatinella
09. Dec 2017
TheGreatMothra
31. Dec 2017
Nosing: Peat Smoke Maritime Notes Caramel
Dominated by peat smoke - not overly antiseptic, more like burning coal and tar. Some caramel sweetness coming through. Some maritime notes, maybe seaweed. Hard to pin down much more. The smoke is that dominant.

Taste: Sweet Peat Smoke Salt Lemon
Arrives sweet followed immediately by a massive blast of acrid peat. Mouth coating. Transitions slightly into saltiness. At times a little citrus just peeks through before being mercilessly crushed by the peatiness again.

Finish: Peat Smoke Bonfire Smoke Oak Sweet
Medium/long. Wood ash, residual peat. Fairly sweet, dries out into oakiness.

Comment:
I've had this before, but I realised that I'd never reviewed it previously. To me this is very much the basics of what a peated whisky can be. It's VERY pungent with the peat smoke almost to the exclusion of everything else. There is a little spirit involvement on the palate but not a lot. It seems somewhat counter intuitive to me that what is possibly the most accessible peated single malt whisky (in terms of availability and price) is probably not one that I would recommend to beginners. Its just too pungent with the peat as far as I'm concerned. Though some of that is personal preference, I think they do a much better job with the quarter cask release which has that much more wood involvement to balance out the smoke.
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