One cask (presumably just one) bottled for the shop Celtic Whiskey in Nürnberg, Germany. Don't let the rather pixelated and simple label fool you, this is an authentic Laphroaig. I won this at a recent auction for a very fair price, remember, even Laphroaig prices are skyrocketing these days. There is no mention of cask type, size or anything else. Only age and strength, a glimmer of days gone by? The color is pale, white wine. It smells rather light, vanilla, pears, sweet mint, peat, stearic/waxy notes, ashes, paint thinner, gasoline, pretty much what one would expect from a young Laphroaig, not far off some of the best batches of the QC. If this is what they can produce without any port finishes of other crap, its golden! The taste is raw peat, spirity, vanilla, raw onions, medicinal, herbs, bitter notes, tonic water, lime, sour grapes, ginger, peppery. Reading these notes it could seem like there's quite some off-notes, but I must add there's no peatiness like Laphroaig peatiness, no matter how high you get the ppm level. These seemingly off-notes is the notes that cracks through, it's just so powerful that I'm not able to detect heather, strawberries or tiramisu. I will not add water to this, you may. But Laphroaig is rarely suited for additional water, imho. The finish is longlasting, peppery, peaty, dark chocolate, onions, one of the best "natural" peat-monsters I've had in a while.
Comfortably raw and peaty, a distinct malt, I love it: 8.5
Next tasting: Millburn Distillery
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