Laphroaig 25YO Cask Strength 2017 Edition 48.9% 700ml

Matured in second-fill Oloroso Sherry casks and American oak ex-bourbon barrels for 25 years, a well-aged release of this incredibly popular heavily-peated single malt from Islay. Laphroaig aged for quarter of a century and bottled, without chill filtration, at 48.9% abv.

Nose: Vanilla, wood spice, smoke and a little TCP (but certainly not a head banger), some smoked bacon, with a little dried fruit character.

Palate: Very creamy full texture, peppery, spicy, iodine, saline, still plenty of smoke here, green apple fruit.

Finish: Very long and layered, peppery.