Laphroaig Brodir

Interesting and much sharper than the Lore which is bottled at the same ABV. Floral but biting.

smokey, meaty with red grapes, high pep, dryness, 2 deep redness, grape fruity sweetness, sourish dough, slightly oily and medicinal mixed with grapes, slightly cheap testing liken to a macallan-like red fruitiness to it 2 mid sustain, red fruit 2 2 grape high pep, dryness sweet creamy, woody, rose 2.5 high pep, oaky woody, iodine, bitterness, smokey and thick campfire meat, strong medicinal 2.25 woody and high sustain, dryness aftertaste 1 1.75 mid pep, dryness, oaky, red fruits, oaky woody, 2 complex, intense, dark berries, fruity, sweetness and sourness at the end, strong peat and smoke, intense medicinal bitterness aftertaste 2 long sustained, oaky and woody, 2

I just finished my bottle over the course of 9 months and was very disappointed. My bottle was very lackluster and I was expecting a great bottle from all the high reviews I saw here .There are much lower scores on https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/132155/laphroaig-brodir Possibly I got a poor batch.......not sure.

Creamy. Sweet. Almost frothy Port is a march made in heaven with islay whisky.

Big smoke with a fair bit of sweetness to it. Not as punchy as I was expecting. A very pleasant dram, but one for cold winter evenings.

Nose: the peat is typical smoky iodine and soft rubber, also juniper, strawberries, currants, peppermint, damp reeds, the port finish gives it some thickness and smoothness with oily orchard fruits. Palate: coal and ash at first, then it slowly gives way to a nice fruity part combined with peppery barbecue spices while being enjoyably sweet, really nicely balanced peat - spice - fruit ratio working great together. Finish: medium long with the peat smoke remaining smoothly and not as ashy probably because of the port finish. You sure need to be a fan of the very unique Laphroaig peat but when you are, this whisky is really good. The port finish gives it a nice secondary yet really defining character.