Tastes

Nose: gentle smokiness and brine. Getting the "fresh baked pretzels baked over briny driftwood" for sure. Candied dried fruit, earthy sherry, cinnamon, clove, a hint of black pepper. Peat is here but wrapped in a dark fruity embrace. Cherry. Palate: woody/oaky; quarter casks come out well here. Peat is present. Briny. Slightly Nutty. Earthy sherry comes through prominently but is well balanced against the woodier notes. Finish: peat comes out here, gently but present. Warming baking spice. Slightly vegetal. Slightly phenolic.

Nose: ethanol and corn, caramel, baking spice. Getting hints of red wine barrels here. Palate: nice robust oak. Very well rounded. Moderate red fruit notes. Caramel. I feel like im getting a dried out oak note, like old dark grey wood thats been sitting out for a while, wondering if this is the Hungarian oak. Definitely a corn whiskey, but mellowed out and moderately robust in flavor profile. A bit of spice. Finish: moderately thin. Hints of caramel .

Nose: caramel, cinnamon, lightly fruity, earthy dusty sherry. Classic redbreast shortbread. Palate: sweet, definitely getting the PX and oloroso influence. Berry jam, orange zest. Caramel. Wood spice. Nice malt elements. Shortbread, lightly buttery. Very well balanced, not syrupy. Finish: woody, warm, baking spice.

Nose: strong lychee mostly overpowers everything else. Licorice and black tea are subtle but present. Palate: lychee and iced sweet tea. Fruity, sweet. Very subtle rye notes. Finish: cinnamon. Lychee. Thin. Id call this a flavored whiskey, not super great neat, but this could make a killer whiskey highball or tea focused cocktail.

Nose: gin botanicals, juniper, green apple. Rye spice, herbal, sage, candied ginger, caraway Palate: rye notes are most prominent, spicy, gin botanicals are here but more muted than the nose. Apple note is here too. Light caramel and cinnamon Finish: fruity orchard apple, cinnamon. Numbing.

Fresh from Japan! Thanks for sharing Grant! Nose: having this out of a rocks glass so moderately diminished nosing ability. Fruity, sherry, malt. Palate: sweet, smooth, fruity. Sherry. Nice wood elements, mizunara spice. Its definitely got some younger malt notes that I don't normally get to see in Yamazaki's over here in the US. Finish: oak spice and tannin.

Nose: smells very close to the PX cask, a little bit more cinnamon and wood notes maybe. Strong syrupy sherry, dark candied fruit. Baking spice and ginger. Caramel. Peat is present but subdued. Palate: peat is there but well balanced with the sherry sweetness and earthiness. There are more woody notes here, ashy, vanilla. Smooth as hell for the proof. Finish: has a little sharp woodiness. Ashy. Oak tannin. Heat in the throat.

Nose: briny peat, smoldering campfire, cinnamon, baking spice, warming oak. Dark stewed fruit. Earthy red fruit sherry note. Candied, roasted cinnamon sugar almonds. There is a light gentle vanilla here, that likely faded as the bottle has sat. Some light caramel Palate: full, robust, definitely lives up to the name "richest ever Laphroaig." Strikes an immaculate balance between the sherry influence, the medicinal phenolic peat, and the traditional bourbon/oak cask influences. Not too thick/syrupy and not too thin. You definitely get the signature Laphroaig medicinal note. Briny maritime peat. Smoldering beach bonfire during a rainstorm. Theres warming oak and some barrel char noticeable here. Cardamom and cinnamon. Bitter Dark chocolate as it transitions to the finish. Date/fig/raisin. Seaweed. Finish: long, drying, peaty, but with an underlying tone of substantial oak and baking spice. Dark Chocolate.

Nose: baking spice, fresh baked bread, buttered toast. Salted caramel. Red currant maybe? Palate: Infinitely buttery smooth. Sweet but not overly so. Vanilla cream, orchard fruit, mostly apple. Very light caramel apple note. Baking spice, warm bread. Finish: gentle warming oak and baking spice. Mild drying oak tannin.

Nose: dark dried fruit. Musty. Very earthy sherry. Raisin/craisin and dried cherries. Hint of nuttiness. Musty library oak. Cinnamon. Palate: incredibly sherry heavy, almost tart. Cranberry and cherry. Koji mold/yeast brings a slight funk here. This is sharp, not as syrupy as I expected it to be. Kind of thin, but not necessarily bad. Struggling to find the malt notes. Hints of oak and barrel notes come as it transitions to the finish along with slight caramel. Finish: oak and cinnamon come out here, a tiny hint of caramel, some phenols.