2 oz pour. Sample rating: +7 (for comparison, I gave this score to the similarly priced whistlepig boss hog V) The price of a full bottle is around 450-500 USD. Given the price, 3.5 / 5 stars. This is the cheapest laphroaig that comes in a wooden box. I have the 32 year, but haven’t tried it yet. The 32 looks heavily sherried. This one looks pretty pale and I get no sherry influence. The dominant notes are lemon, flowers, and ash. Oily and waxy. I am reminded of seeing anti-smoking ads when I was a kid comparing kissing a smoker to licking an ashtray and then kissing a smoker, and finding it somewhat more pleasant. Lipstick and cigarettes. Clearly the long finish will be for those who don’t mind dirty Islay drams. There’s no fresh tobacco or cigars here, just citrus and cigarette ash whenever you burp. I actually really liked this dram, but for the money, would rather pick up a green tube laphroaig 18, which is better priced at 250-300 USD on secondary market.