Tastes

LAPHROAIG 10YO - THREE MONTHS SITTING SAMPLE BOTTLES - Honey sweetness, beautiful, roasted sweet peanuts 3.5 Sweetness, malty, oaky, vanilla, coocnut 3.5 sustain mid peat 3 LAPHROAIG 10YO 40% JUL 2020 CAVEAT THAT THESE ARE OLD OPENED SAMPLE BOTTLES, SITTING AROUND FOR APPROX 3 MONTHS Spicy oaky peppery notes, nutty, raisin 2 Creamy, light pepper that is bearable, oak, light vanilla, a little bitterness towards the back 2 Slightly peaty 2 2 40% Undil Nosing - light on the nose. Light pepper, vanilla is strong. Sugary caramel. Refreshing. Palate - though only 10-year aged but maturation from the cask is evident and smooth creamy texture. Two distinct flavours are vanilla and oak. Pleasantly, very mild peppery burn that hits lightly on your nose but still makes it a very enjoyable sip. A few more sips and you will taste mild bitterness of herbs. Finish - four oaks peatiness likens to running through a burning forest with falling branches collapsing all over you - although I enjoy it. I would liken the 10 year as a gentle morning stroll through a garden with a bbq grill smothering in the background. Pleasantly balanced.

LAPHROAIG PX CASK TRIPLE MATURED 48% JUL 2020 CAVEAT THAT THESE ARE OLD OPENED SAMPLE BOTTLES, SITTING AROUND FOR APPROX 3 MONTHS Raisin, sweetness, grapes, mid peppery 2.75 Bitterness, raisin, sherry influence nutty raisin, creamy, butter 2. Mid peaty and with a nice sweetness with the sherry influence (berries) 2.5 2.25 Undiluted Nosing: hit hard on the start with sharp, peppery, peat, barbecue - midway and it quickly open up to tinge of fruitiness, vanilla, caramel is strong too. All through a burning alcohol through your tracts Palate: Light initially - followed by a hit of spiciness, iodine, medicinal and oiliness. Smokiness is light. Flavour is a lot stronger than the likes of four oaks Finish: After-taste has typical Laphroaig smoke. But the brininess lingers in your mouth References: Compared to Four oaks, I would say this, personally, loses in comparison. The peatiness is tamed and light which I adore about Laphroaig; but this offers a fruitier burst of flavour that you do not get with four oaks. I would prefer triple wood instead or lore for a more rounded flavour. The latter would be my choice though.