Laphroaig 1998 Bottled 2011 Berry Brothers & Rudd

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

This is it. The smokiest whisky you can get. You can smell the sea in this one. It tastes like smoke smoke and smoke. But it is not to strong so it is tasty. You can not tast another whisky after this one because of the smoky flavour that stays in your mouth. Smoke gets in you eyes...

Score 85/100

Laphroaig Cairdeas Feis Ile 2010

Thanks to my good friend Chris Lauriers – whisky ambassador for Belgium – I have the opportunity to try no less than 10 – ten! – Feis Ile bottlings from Laphroaig in a row from 2007 until 2016. This is going to be a trip to remember. This is the 2010 release, the so-called Master Edition, composed with 11 to 19 years old Laffie that was taken for...

Score 88/100

Laphroaig An Cuan Mor

This is Laphroaig's latest 'travel retail exclusive' and is first matured in first-fill bourbon casks, before further maturation in European oak casks. It's un-chill-filtered. On the nose, there's the usual Laphroaig seaweed and peat smoke, with frankincense, black pepper, a sweet brininess and vanilla. In the mouth, it's full-bodied, with a big...

Score 94/100

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

Laphroaig - or 'Leapfrog' as a friend from That London refers to it - always was, remains so, and just is. In describing the experience of drinking this apparently rough-hewn Islay whisky it seems a waste of time to stray beyond the usual nods to 'linament', 'embrocation', or whatever medicinal term springs to mind when describing the taste. But...

Score 80/100