Laphroaig 10 Years
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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.
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Nosing
Peat Smoke:
Maritime Notes:
Medicinal Smoke:
Sweet:
Seaweed:
Iodine:
Salt:
Vanilla:
Fruit:
Spices:
Malt:
Oak:
Zitrus:
Bonfire Smoke:
Ham:
Apple:
Honey:
Nuts:
Orange:
Alcohol:
Caramel:
Lemon:
Sherry:
Herbs:
Herb:
Chocolate:
Ginger:
Grape:
Leather:
Oil:
Almonds:
Anise:
Chili:
Dried Fruit:
Fig:
Grapefruit:
Grass:
Hazelnut:
Heather:
Pear:
Pepper:
Pineapple:
Tobacco:
Tasting
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Maritime Notes:
Salt:
Medicinal Smoke:
Spices:
Seaweed:
Nuts:
Oil:
Iodine:
Malt:
Oak:
Bonfire Smoke:
Vanilla:
Chili:
Fruit:
Ham:
Herb:
Pepper:
Herbs:
Zitrus:
Heather:
Alcohol:
Orange:
Chocolate:
Leather:
Caramel:
Dark Chocolate:
Lemon:
Tobacco:
Honey:
Pear:
Sherry:
Almonds:
Anise:
Apple:
Banana:
Barley:
Cherry:
Coffee:
Grass:
Finish
Peat Smoke:
Maritime Notes:
Sweet:
Medicinal Smoke:
Spices:
Salt:
Malt:
Seaweed:
Nuts:
Oil:
Iodine:
Oak:
Bonfire Smoke:
Fruit:
Herb:
Alcohol:
Pepper:
Vanilla:
Chili:
Ham:
Leather:
Orange:
Sherry:
Zitrus:
Almonds:
Apple:
Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Anise:
Banana:
Barley:
Cinnamon:
Nutmeg:
Pear:
Plum:
Tobacco:
Wheat:
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Tasting Video
Quality rating of this bottle
3.8
Rate
598
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Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
08. Jul 2015
Nosing:
Peat smoke, medicinal, seaweed, salt, rotten tang
Taste:
Sweet, medicinal note, salt
Finish:
Medium
Peat smoke, medicinal, seaweed, salt, rotten tang
Taste:
Sweet, medicinal note, salt
Finish:
Medium
27. Apr 2015
Nosing:
Huge smoke, seaweedy, medicinal, with a hint of sweetness
Taste:
Suprising sweetness with hints of salt and layers of peatiness
Finish:
Smoke and sea
Comment:
Huge smoke, seaweedy, medicinal, with a hint of sweetness
Taste:
Suprising sweetness with hints of salt and layers of peatiness
Finish:
Smoke and sea
Comment:
20. Sep 2017
Nosing:
Taste:
Finish:
Comment: BIG SMOKE this is the one you give people you hate, they will not drink your scotch after this lol
Taste:
Finish:
Comment: BIG SMOKE this is the one you give people you hate, they will not drink your scotch after this lol
09. Dec 2017
10. Oct 2016
A revelation to some but simply disgusting to others, Laphroaig 10 is probably the most intense of all Single Malts. Your taste buds are confronted with the shock of the unfamiliar, dominated by peatiness. The nose reminds of an old steam engine, road tar and burned rubber. Rotting seaweed, iodine and mineral notes combine with chimney smoke, TCP and a cold ashtray. Flavorwise, an overwhelming phenolic blast subdues the underlying sweetness. Crisp oak and salty dryness characterize the peaty finish. Whether you love it or hate it, you certainly won't forget it!
RATING: 3.4/5.0 ≙ 85 pts
RATING: 3.4/5.0 ≙ 85 pts
24. May 2015
Nosing: TCP
Taste: 
Finish:
Comment:
TCPTaste:
Finish:
Comment:
05. Jun 2016
Nosing: 
seaweed
Taste:
Finish:
Comment:
warming, complex, lovely :)
seaweedTaste:
Finish:
Comment:
warming, complex, lovely :)
01. Aug 2016
Nosing: 
Taste:
Finish:
Comment:
Taste:
Finish:
Comment:
31. Dec 2017
Nosing: 
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:
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: 
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.
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:
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:
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.
09. Dec 2014
Aroma:
Taste:
Finish:
Long
Comment:
Taste:
Finish:
Long
Comment:
