Laphroaig 1989 22 Year Old Sherry Butt Douglas Laing

Laphroaig Triple Wood

Well, this is an odd one and no mistake! A Laphroaig which has shook hands with a sherry butt after spending time knocking round with our old friends the bourbon barrel and the wee one, the quarter cask. I distrust my nose because it's telling me honey and almonds while my heid tells me it's meant to be an Islay knuckle-dragger, reeking of peat...

Score 85/100

Laphroaig 30 Year Old

Sample thanks to richiesd on RateBeer/BeerAdvocate. Very generous. Clear golden, still, light viscosity, delicate tears. Nose is sweet yellow apples, sharper red apple skin, vanilla, some buttered pancake. Taste is feeling overoaked, tannic, very spicy and wickedly chapping on the palate with wood tannins of almost Spanish cedar spiciness....

Score 54/100

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

This is a little different from my usual reviews. There's been so much discussion of Laphroaig recently that I wanted to finally do up this review, but I've been so tired from the rest of my life that I can't do it the usual way. I first bought a bottle of QC after watching a ralfy review. I really enjoyed it with my whisky club (and beyond). ...

Score 89/100

Laphroaig SMWS 29.99 "Power and scorched earth"

Nose: Sherry, bbq, seaweed. I can get into this! Stewed figs, apples, and briny iodine. Mesquite bbq chicken - there's something in the bbq. Rich and very nice. It does have some rubber notes, and ash touched with faint amount of orange juice and zest. (with water) More fruit, but the alcohol is more assertive. Oyster sauce? Palate: Tyre,...

Score 89/100