It's rather unusual to find young IB Laphroaigs at low strength these days, except from the distillers, of course. Lets try this "old" one to maybe shine a light on why. The color is pale golden. It smells medicinal, coastal, salt, turmeric, ashes, charcoal, honey, seaweed, bitter herbs, grassy, burnt sugar. The taste is peat, white wine, white pepper, sunflower oil, turnips, pumpkin seeds, broad beans, its nothing like the peat bombs they release from Laphroaig nowadays. This is actually an utmost gentle and lowland-ish version of Laphroaig, who'd imagine. The finish is peat, mint, quite sweet and refreshing. This one crushes every image I held of Laphroaig as something out of the norm, but on the other hand, it's still a decent malt whisky.
Laphroaig in a cage: 5
Next tasting: Glenlossie Distillery
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