Laphroaig 18 years old is in my opinion just a fabulous Whisky.
The combination of sweetness and peat, honey and tar. Oak and the Sea. Soft, creamy, warm and spicy. Nutty and toffee. Leather and dark chocolate.
Laphroaig 18 Years Old was introduced in 2009 as a replacement for the 15 Year Old. In 2016 it was discontinued again to be replaced by “Lore”.
Why discontinue a perfect whisky, well one reason could be or more likely the reason is shortage of aged whisky at the higher age.
I have heard that the 10 year old takes quit a bit of the older stock to keep up demands. There are other Laphroaig’s with age statement, but not many. There is a 16 years old that was released in connection to Laphroaig’s 200th anniversary, so it might not be long on the marked and a 25 years old that is released annually. Some very Limited Editions of 30 years old and higher are also released from time to time.
The 18 year old is a whisky I could enjoy for a long time. Just sit and nose it and sip quietly. If I had a bottle, this would be the whisky I would enjoy either on a evening where I just had to relaxe and let my head have a break from everything or when having a cozy evening with good friends that prizes good whisky.
Yes please, this is just a beautiful whisky and Hard to find.
It has everything I like.
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๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ: Laphroaig
๐๐๐ข๐: 18 Years Old
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: Single Malt
๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ: Scotland – Islay
๐ผ๐๐: 18 Years old
๐ผ๐ก๐ %: 48
๐พ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ: Ex-Bourbon
๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐: No
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ง: Yes
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: ?
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: ?
๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐: Yes it is discontinued
๐๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐๐: First time in 2009
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐ ฝ๐ พ๐๐ ด๐
๐: A pleasant smoke, brine, sweet fruits, pear, toffee
๐: Soft, creamy/oily, vanilla sweetness, honey, smoke, tar, oak wood, medicinal, seaweed, warm and spicy, nutty, toffee, leather and dark chocolate
๐: Long lovely smoke, some honey toffee sweetness
๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ (6/6)
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐๐๐๐๐ ด๐ ผ
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ค๐ – ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ข
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ – ๐’๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ
๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ
๐ฅ – ๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ