It is a beast of a fabulous Whisky in the Laphroaig core range. Lore has released the 18 years old. I really enjoyed the 18 years old but this one is a fine replacement when it comes to that.
Knowledge passed down from generation to generation has given Lore the name and the richness.
With whisky matured between 7 to 21 years in a combination of first fill sherry butts and quarter casks you get a spicy peated whisky with a salty mineral taste.
I know there are many opinions on the non age statement Lore vs. price and that it has released the 18 year old, but let it go, just enjoy Lore it is a very enjoyable whisky with a good Traditional Laphroaig taste, a nice deepth of taste.
Maybe not the richest of the rich Laphroaig’s I have tasted but it is nice and I favour it and will recommend it.
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๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ: Laphroaig
๐๐๐ข๐: Lore
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: Single Malt
๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ: Scotland – Islay
๐ผ๐๐: NAS
๐ผ๐ก๐ %: 48
๐พ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ: First fill sherry Butts, Quarter casks and re-used Laphroaig barrels
๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐: No
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ง:
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: ?
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: ?
๐๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐๐: First time released was in 2016
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐ ฝ๐ พ๐๐ ด๐
๐: Smoky, ashy, wood, medicinal, mineral salty, some sweetness, earthy, a little rasin
๐: A creamy mouth feel with the smoke and ash, brine, salty, leather, dried fruit sweetness, pepper, wood spicy and maybe a little bacon
๐: medium long, wood, salty, smoke lingers for a little while
๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ (5/6)
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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
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