**Price:** $35.99 at Total Wine in Houston, Texas **Setting:** Neat in a Glencairn, with a fat basset hound running in its sleep next to me. **Color:** Rich gold. **Nose:** Kelp, brine, peat, and a medicinal note my mind calls chapstick \(once you think this last one, it cannot be ignored\). Smells like a campfire at the beach. Pleasant but the weakest component of this whisky. **\(18/25 points\)** **Taste:** Robust flavors of barbecued meats, burn rubber, peat, brine, oak, and pepper. Lots going on here, but it all works. It also has great mouthfeel and very little alcohol burn. The bottle describes the taste as "Kissing a mermaid who had BBQ for dinner", which is a fair comparison. **\(46/50 points\)** **Finish:** Long and lingering. Lots of smoke with sweet malty and toffee notes that show up towards the end. **\(21/25\) points\)** **Conclusion:** Laphroaig 10 is another one of my favorite whiskies. It’s quite complex, and as a result, it’s a fun whisky to drink and analyze. It also brings back childhood memories of BBQ’s at the beach, which is nice. I personally use Laphroaig 10 as my benchmark entry level single malt, as I believe it handily beats most other whiskies in its price range. I suspect pretty much everyone one here has tried it, but if you haven’t, it’s a strong buy. **85/100**