Laphroaig 10 Year

All my favorite smells are things you can't eat. Woodshops, coal furnances, ironworking, instrument repair stores, fresh hot tar, campfires, burning rubber, gasoline, leather tanning, old libraries, dried out paint cans, the air on the beach after it rains. Laphroaig lets me taste these. If you want smoke there's very little that can match this. If Tom Waits songs had a taste it would be Laphroaig.

Smokey and chocolatey

On the nose : Campfire, sea salt, a little bit of graham cracker, oak, smoked beef. Mouth feel : Viscous and smooth, a little thin compared to the Ardbeg 10. Taste : Heavy peat smoke initially, mellows out to oak, graham cracker, ash, a little fruity. Ends with a little spice and has a nice aftertaste, the smoked beef sticks around for a while. Overall out of the two peated Islays I've had so far, I do prefer the Ardbeg 10 to this, but barely. Great dram on a cold night. The Laphroaig is slightly cheaper than the Ardbeg in my area and well worth the 55 dollars.