Laphroaig 16 Year

Strong smoke flavour.

Leather, spicy, oily, soft peat, well balanced, fresh cut grass

Ozone and sea salt on the nose, along with campfire smoke, peat, iodine, and sweet tarts. Body is light, with smoldering embers, ashtray, and more iodine.

I felt really lucky to grab a bottle of this and it didn’t disappoint. Everything that you want in a huge peaty scotch. It’s not the 18 but still very enjoyable.

The color is a very light gold that leaves a thin curtain of oils around the glass. On the nose, iodine is there but the added age helps to tame it. It shares the nose with brine, backed up by oak, vanilla and straw and barely sugar. The palate hits the corners of the mouth with iodine, straw, some honey and brine. Oak and vanilla follow it up in small amounts for a nicely balanced whisky. The finish is medium with a lingering spiciness from iodine as the creamier notes fade in a nice balance.

No water needed. The extra years smooth out the peat.

I’m not sure why the reviews are not as flattering as they should be. This thing is great. Plenty of wonderful peat smoke up front and then that wonderful Laphroaig sweetness and malt on the back end. Not a ridiculous price on this one either. I think it’s great and would absolutely grab another one.