Laphroaig 10 Year Cask Strength (Batch 1)

(57,3 % ABV. Bottling from year 2000 (bottle code: Front L01200 / Rear L01201)) Nose: Lovely nose of dried seaweed, tar, old boathouse, iodine, peat & leather. Taste & palate: (Dilluted to around 40% ABV) Medium oily, round, slight sweetness, again iodine, old boathouse flavours. Quite rich. Intense but in a rounded way. Long aftertaste. A great Islay whisky!

Nose: Surprisingly shy and densely mellow with a sweetness (there just has to be sherry-matured whisky in here), iodine, wet grass and rocks, and very little peat! With water: rubbery sherry, and after time some flowers (honeysuckle?). Palate: HUGE! Oily sweetness with an exceptional mouthfeel, HUGE PEAT, medicinal, dirt, earth, mild mango. It's never as "hot" and aggressive as you might expect and I remember the 10yo being hotter. Massively flavorful with no holes whatsoever and considerably more complex than I expected. Like a big warm hug. Finish: Endless. Fades pretty uniformly, but I think the rubbery medicine notes linger longest. Final Thoughts: This is a knockout. It's absolutely bold and in your face while still demonstrating complexity. Fun whisky; a true adventure. This one has a very slow pace because of its positively huge presence.