ScotchingHard
Laphroaig 10 Year
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
August 30, 2018 (edited November 3, 2018)
2oz pour
I’m reminded why I don’t ever buy a bottle of Laphroaig 10 anymore, even though it’s dirt cheap by single malt standards. Laphroaig is spending too much resources on catchy ads and NAS releases; and letting their 10 year old slip in quality.
Lemons. Rind, zest, juice. Herbal, iodine smoke. Seaspray. This is not the tour-de-force I remember. It’s amazing how much character is lost from watering down the cask strength version. Alas, the CS is the real reason I don’t bother with Laphroaig 10, and why I won’t lament too much here.
It’s ~40 USD for the bottle here. By my standards, it’s good value. It’s just that for $25 more, the CS bottling is more than worth the upgrade.
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For me it's the lingering iodine finish which leaves a bitterness that can become unpleasantness/blahness. Never having tasted the earlier stuff I can't really compare.
@Soba45 Good thought. Too bad I’m not a fan of their NAS releases. IF I wanted to spend on a sweet peated NAS whisky, Ardbeg wins.
I never scored the 10-year-old very high, too low ABV and way too simple to stand out. However, I'd rather take a bottle of this than touching Laphroaig Select...
Yeah a year or two a couple of us thought the same. I wasn't sure if it was our tastes changing or not. Maybe they use the good 10 year stuff for their fancy NAS statements now and normal 10 gets the left overs?