Now, the Laphroaig 18 is a much more refined version of this. This... doesn't bother just showing you its guns. It will sock you in the face with peat, smoke, and meat. But it has manners – it tastes like the plaster it brought you to stem your bloody nose, but it's still hurting of peat, smoke, and salt. It finishes of more bandage. It's almost off-putting in its intensity. Would I buy this? Maybe. I'd buy the 18 first.