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The 10 is not my favorite Laphroaig, but I found this batch very exciting. For me, cask strength often means that I dilute something, otherwise the alcoholic strength/spiciness determines the taste too much.

Fresh anise, Fisherman's Friend, seaweed, sea salt, chocolate brownies with chocolate frosting, chocolate ice cream, and an ambulance on fire. The previous edition was more complex, but this one has a nice dark rich elegance that, overall, makes it on par with edition #13. Great as usual.

Review- Laphroaig 10 CS Batch 14 —————————————————————————— Distiller: Laphroaig(OB) Age Statement: 10 years Abv: 58.6% Price: The bottle retails at around £75 ($95 USD) —————————————————————————— ~Nose: This whisky greets you with a coastal allure, leading the way with a prominent peat presence. While it's not overly smoky, the yeasty and classic medicinal notes are complemented by a rounded touch. Additionally, a funky dank moss aroma mingles with the fragrant essence of floral Earl Grey tea. ~Palate: The peat takes center stage, accompanied by a pronounced oak influence. In terms of sweetness, this expression leans towards a drier profile. It can be best described as an elevated version of the Quarter cask, with a higher proof and a subtle sprinkle of rye spice. Rather than being heavily smoky, it focuses more on coastal and brine flavors. You may even detect a faint hint of apple. Notably, it offers a bold and palate-coating experience. ~Finish: The finish is long, albeit slightly dry. It leaves behind lingering notes of ash and oak. Conclusion: While not my personal favorite among the 10 cask strengths I've had the pleasure of sampling, this whisky still upholds its reputation for quality. Its drier and spiced characteristics differ from the dark, sweet BBQ and stewed fruit notes I typically enjoy. Nevertheless, it remains a commendable pour for any peat lover! I just so happen to enjoy other versions more. Score: 82 out of 100 Grading Scale: * 0-9: Hell Motherf@$#!ng No * 10-19: Hell No * 20-29: Nope * 30-39: Nice Try…Shots? * 40-49: Meh * 50-59: Almost There/Mixer? * 60-69: Ok I’ll consider * 70-79: Decent worth trying * 80-84: It’s good and quality is there * 85-89: Excellent/Stands out from others * 90-94: Absolutely fantastic and a favorite * 96-100: Juice of the Gods My rating scale is based purely on flavour experience. It does not take into account the cost or how how much my wallet will hate me. Cheers!

The 12 bottle bottling was for I'm the slightly better choice.

Lovely bottle. Need to have it for future

Still a nice expression, but it lacks some fruitiness compared to earlier batches.

Another amazing bottle from Laphroaig, well-balanced cask strength whisky with a rich taste profile.

A great batch. Significantly more fruity than Batch #11 and #12. The smoke is more elegant, less phenolic, less iodine and ashy. This batch also feels significantly oilier on the palate.

A Laphi as you imagine it. Rough, wild and harsh. He outshines the normal 10-year-old by far. The interplay of sweetness, smoke and sea makes it very interesting. Powerful, but never brute. He doesn't want to be a gentleman like the 16er. But he is remembered. Smoked bacon with a light honey sweetness and smoldering oak shavings lingers in your mouth for a long time while your thoughts are sorted.

I found so many dark berries that I even made a mistake with the type of barrel at first.

Very "smooth" for a cask strength 10 year old.

Drinking compared to the same 10 cs batch 11: there is not much difference, but a little simpler and sweeter

nose: maritime woody, medicinal, vanilla, vegetal, spicy, lemony with cooked zest a concentrate of all this mixed stuffy: quite singular with sweet caramel, almond bitterness, fortunately the peat levels it all out a bit we are between the bottom of a boat's hold filled with fish and wooden fish boxes and the alley of a barn with wet hay, finally used the caramel, yes there is and not only for the color, gives a sweet return, on the burnt juices of a barbecue, the vegetal side on dried and sweet seaweed, yes an amazing mix mixes with candied orange fruits final: medium to long but monolithic on the zan, candied seaweed, oily peat, peppery spices, on burnt and toasted caramel.

Fresh, citric, peaty and smoky - straight and very drinklable - pretty good

Very mellow CS with tons of sweetness and medium peat smoke, good complexity and transition. CS is another style compare to normal 10/QC

Powerful, aromatically sweet, phenolic, cask strength, very fruity for a bourbon cask aging. The medicinal notes inevitably steer towards the south coast to the beautiful distillery in the hollow of a wide bay not far from Port Ellen. Another great bottling in the cask-strong ten-year-old series.

Sampled as part of the blind tasting "The Islay King 2023": Short biting (alcohol), dry smoke, herbs, eucalyptus, tiger balm, coffee, earthy

Blind tasting

A strong and rich peat tonic with good alcohol content, but as a peat tonic, I may prefer the cheaper Laphroaig QC

A very nice nose typical of Laphroaig combined with great, intense aromas on the tongue and on the palate. Laphroaig Bourbon Cask might not be perfect, but damn good and close to the Distillery Only 2009 that I was able to try recently

it's better than everything after the 8th batch, the nose plays with halftones and the taste also gives a good scale with aftertaste a little worse but at the level

Nose. Golden syrup, sweet honey. peaty, ham, smoked bacon, salty sea spray & seaweed. Taste Sweet honey, caramel, vanilla. This gives way to a wave of sea salt, the peat coming through too. Some fruityness too, peach, and some sweet orange. After Really long and deep. That smoke lingers and that honey sweetness running through it that just sings. Ends with coffee and milk. Compared to those I have tried before. This one raises the bar. Sweeter and more complex. Absolute banger. 93 points from me.

Nails. We chew scrap metal, in the middle of car wrecks. And now the peat is rising. It's a tidal wave that carries us away. And instead of drowning, we find ourselves in the cool, on the beach, lulled by a gentle sea breeze and iodized. Dried fruits, prunes, apricots, banana. Dirty and charcoal peat. Soot, motor oil, diesel oil. Shards of rusty metal. Saline net. Light medicinal touch. Mouth very saline at first, then fruity, juicy pear, finally the spices rise, pepper, nutmeg and ginger. Ether, drug solution. Fairly long finish and still very medicinal, earthy, smoky, bandages, mercurochrome, chlorine, disinfectant. In the end it turns into salt crystals, sea water, enamel, wet sand. Shaving cream. It's nice to get back to basics. It's been too long since I got lost in the recent Sherry bottlings, I had forgotten what a Laphie aged in a good old Bourbon cask was like. https://ilikesky2020.blogspot.com/2022/02/laphroaig-10-yo-cask-strength-batch-014.html

Really good overall result!

[March, 2022] Another taste of a new Laphroaig cask strength batch. Until batch 012 they all were of remarkable high quality which I scored 90+points and without adding caramel colouring to it. This changed with batch 013 and it seems to continue with this batch 014 (according to the label declaration in Germany)... ...yep, it does. In older batches the dark colour was created through adding a significant number of sherry casks to the cask strength batches which lead to a flabbergasting high flavour's complexity. From batch 013 onward they changed this recipe to a (much) lower share of sherry casks - if any at all - and create the dark colour using loads of caramel instead, resulting in a rather boring profile (compared to the older batches). And they added more virgin oak-alike casks (de-charred/re-charred technique) which turn these cask strength releases' profiles very close to the rest of the modern "hit-and-run" Laphroaig editions portfolio. Good, if you love the spiked and easy-to-grasp new Laphroaig taste (which obviously a lot of people do, looking at all the high scores here at WB). But these are bad news to all who prefer the older, more sophisticated Laphroaig profile (which made Laphroaig famous, by the way). I belong to the latter connoisseurs that is why now I turn away from buying any new Laphroaig bottlings at all - the cask strength was the last out of their portfolio I really liked (up to batch 012). Sorry Laphroaig, but you lost a decade-long loyal customer...

Laphroaig 10 year old Cask Strength, Batch 14. 70cl bottle. First 35ml dram rated April 2022. Mid-tone amber. Much has been said about Beam Suntory adding e150a to these whiskies. I’d really, really rather they didn’t do it. It sucks all the magic out of whisky. Why would you create this more authentic expression and then mess around with it in a way that makes it seem adulterated and inauthentic? Surely this sort of whisky is marketed at people who are conscious of and averse to the use of caramel? Sigh. Anyway... Aroma is milky oak, touch of clove, some antiseptic, just a hint of charred white meat. A little more muted than would be ideal - sometimes I wonder if the use of e150a kills aroma a bit. Gets a touch soapy later on. Body is light oily. Taste is better than the aroma, certainly. Mmm... sorry I lost myself there. Significantly richer than the previous couple of CS bottlings. Surprisingly empty on the palate to start – it’s a “back-loaded” dram. There’s a deep ‘sweet’ oaky intensity in the middle of the palate that endures throughout, a hint of oily rag and moving towards hammy, breathy, mechanical smoke, clove, hints of copper and rust. Opens up massively along the way, leading to a crescendo of smoke and sweet medicinal goodness. Drinks great at the ABV and I wouldn’t want to dilute it. So, it's full of e150a. The aroma is underwhelming. The initial flavour is a bit empty. So why the big score? Well, the taste opens up into a flavour profile I really, really enjoy. If this had a complex and pleasant aroma to match, this would be right up there with the best Laphroaig bottlings I’ve tried. Who knows, maybe a little time in the bottle will open it up. Even as it is, it’s not far off. Yum. 4.05/96

Big leap from standard 10, it seems to me the most medicinal of standard 10, Lore and Quarter Cask. Good, for heaven's sake, but always a little too cut with a hatchet. Very much in line with batches 9 and 10. I prefer it on the nose than on the palate.

Nice laphroaig 10cs, thats what i need, good price and quality for daily

Unapologetic medicinal Laphroaig. I really feel this is the way Laphroaig is meant to be experienced. That is, largely exbourbon with no sherry or wine caskings (e.g. Cairdeas offerings) to obstruct from enjoying the real essence of this distillate. Top notch Islay malt.

Laphroaig Rocket Fuel: 2023.04.02. Laphroaig 10yo Cask Strength - Batch 15 https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/211936/laphroaig-cask-strength 88+ Laphroaig 10yo Cask Strength - Batch 14 https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/195979/laphroaig-cask-strength 88- Laphroaig 10yo Cask Strength - Batch 13 https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/189372/laphroaig-cask-strength 89- Laphroaig 10yo Cask Strength - Batch 12 https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/159190/laphroaig-cask-strength 89+ Laphroaig 10yo Cask Strength - Batch 8 https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/82295/laphroaig-cask-strength 91+

Iodine, hospital, seaweed, burnt wood, a bit of sweetness, vanilla, citrus, very intense, oily, long finish.

Relatively sweet, takes time Iodine and caramel, light salt with a little sweetness, a hint of herbs. Finish very round and balanced for a laphroic taste

Filthy magnificence

Love the batch 14 and my favorite in this series

- a top-quality malt from Islay - better than Batch 13 (by a good 2 points) - very intense, very aromatic, best even without water to enjoy - For the actual price of around €70, it's fantastic value for money; even €100 would be perfectly acceptable.

Dry, salty smoke, with a mix of white and black pepper, quite long finish, with a slight bitterness at the end. With water, a little sweetness emerge. For myself, this was one of the nicer CS which I enjoy very much, so high marks for this one. To close, I still feel the Laphroaig Cask Strengths 10yo are among the better value for money nowadays...

Coast (slightly seaweed-salty-maritime), peat smoke, pavement, vanilla, shortcrust pastry, ham, peach, slightly oily metal, noticeably sweeter than Batch 12. Yes, it's different than Batch 12, but definitely not bad. Where Batch 12 brings a bit more notes from the "coast" for me, the Batch 14 is more on the sweet side.

16.02.2022

Very tasty and varied. Beautiful bourbon barrel maturation with a lot of smoke and a lot of smoked ham.

Maybe still new openned, should be better next time

Typical Laphroaig 10 only with the additional alcohol content another level, more flavor intensity.

The PLV is great, but I don't think the price should be included in the rating. A really solid dram, the smoke (cold ash) dominates, with light fruit. The ashes are not mine. 2. Dram and I can smell smoked marzipan almonds. Interesting. 71-80 – Fine, like to drink by time

For my taste, I dilute it to about 48 to 50% drinking strength. That's what my notes refer to. As always, the 10 yo Cask Strength is a solid bench.

Of course still good, but unfortunately no longer natural (but with dye).

I'm a Laphroaig fan. And this cask str. #14 is amazing. I purchased a bottle a few months ago. Upon opening the flask I was a bit disappointed; all scents and tastes felt rather heavy. The bouquet was a bit sharp. But now, a couple of months later, with some oxygen, this bottle has turned into a precious gem. Very complex, very clever, and a beautiful balance. Wauw. I followed the notes on the back of the box too; adding a rather large amount of water (2/1). And I have to admit: different drinking experience for sure, less oily, less heavy. But the experience was great. Although watered down, the whisky is still very layered and clever. Different tastes, more diesel-like. More mossy. But wauw. Loving both combinations: neat and with surplus water :-)

Dark golden color. Oily structure.

The aroma is a lot of medicine, iodine, infirmary and dressings. The taste is heavy, very rich and powerful. Burning, enveloping and knocking out the whisky. With the addition of water, the whisky opens up and becomes more sweet, toffee, caramel, resinous, and tart.

A bottling from Laphroaig that I personally like to have in my collection as standard. This is never boring!!

Much more complex than the regular 10, but also sweeter. Batch 16 is a bit deeper and less sweet. I recommend that one. I know many ppl like batch 14 better, but they're wrong. Also very good value.

90 or 91 hard to tell. Leaning towards 91 because i really like this one though it's not as shouty and sparkly as some others. Would need to verify with earlier version scores. Note to self. Definitely good, seems like a very balanced batch. Not too crazy on the nose - seaweed, iodine, bandaid, smoke, vanille,... beautiful on the tongue, great long lasting finish. Benchmark stuff this Laphroaig 10 batch 14. Sometimes on the finish it can be a bit bitter, so maybe it's a 90pts after all...

In 1 test session Batch 3, Batch 14 and Batch 17. All three whiskies have the same clear yellow/gold color. With all three whiskies, a considerable amount of whisky lingers on the glass. Thick waves, but also thick, slowly dripping tears. Do you like smoky whiskies and have never tried the 10 cs? DO IT! If it's too strong, you can always reduce the ABV to your desired strength. They are three completely different whiskies. I've seen batch 17 mentioned several times as having an old-school profile, and I certainly can't confirm this compared to batch 3. Everything you expect to get from the aroma of batch 14 is precisely what you don't get. The aroma is quite subdued, while the taste and finish are truly intense!

When I received it poured from a freshly opened bottle more than 3 years ago, it seemed almost smokeless and not much in terms of taste. I had more or less the same impression recently from the first pour of the sample I received at that time. Subsequent tastings were better. All in all, slightly mixed impressions and therefore a relatively low rating.

Laphroaig 10 as it should powerful.... Nose: brine and medicinal peat just pure Laphroaig Taste: some initial sweetness which is soon eclipsed by that tonic like wet peat good mouthfeel coats well. Finish: medium to slightly long finish the peat smoke dissipates to leave a drying briney note.

Yeah, that´s a real good one :-)

This is the most intense Laphroaig I've ever tasted. Extremely powerful with mineral-salty smoke. The memory lingers for a long time. Water frees sweetness for the palate but tames the smoke in return. Just enjoy pure - 03/19/2022

Nose The nose starts with an extremely powerful phenolic smoke, which resembles tar and medical solutions like iodine, accompanied by a sweet minerality and a salty sea breeze, and the expression of soaked coals, toasted charred wood, and smoked bacon, followed by some light wood, spices, and citrus. With a little water added, the phenolic smoke becomes soft and sweet, and even evokes some leather and dried fruit that are not commonly found in bourbon barrels. Palate Classic Laphroaig smoke and peat that are clear and intense, with sweet caramel and sea salt, some industrial feel of fuel in lighters, accompanied by smoked bacon and charred wood. With a little water added, it evokes a light sourness, vanilla, citrus, and a hint of light woody bitterness. Finish Long; clear phenolic smoke still lingers on the tongue, the palate's light bitterness quickly fades to a gradually presented fresh and slightly sweet, then a touch of honey, soot, and earth.

I remarked to myself that the color looked very dark for all bourbon cask matured. Perhaps some coloring added?

10 on steroids, more intense, expressive and peppery, long finish.

Blindly suggested Fortress: barrel, possibly single cask Barrels: bourbon Distillery or Release: Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Age: 10 23 24 22 22

blind tasting Smoke. Heavy and oily. Reluctant at first, it keeps opening up in the glass over time. I'm definitely on Islay, but I'm still hesitating between Caol Ila and Laphroaig. Noticeably strong alcohol, but which fits well into the overall structure of smoke and spiciness. Behind the smoke are nice caramel notes. Creme brulee. It hits the tongue powerfully. What power! Now I am 100% with Laphroaig. I'll go even further and say this is the 10yo CS. A unique profile for me. Spicy. Violent. But at the same time smooth, creamy. Neat smoke. Neat wood. Subtle sweetness. Lots of spice. Simply successful. Denouement: bingo. It's the CS. Batch 14. In any case, a very, very successful bottling. Apparently that miserable batch of 15 I had last time in the glass was just a slip. That was catastrophic. But I like this one a lot.

In terms of its basic character, it's exactly my thing, but I lack the balance and complexity to give it a top rating. Rather simple, daily dram. Notes from a blind tasting. I had already thought that it was a Laphi 10 CS, but that is a rather weak batch. Not good in balance, too straightforward, not delicate and complex enough. It's a shame, but the fantastic batches of single-digit numbers probably won't come back. This is still a great malt with an excellent price/performance ratio, but no longer an exceptional malt. Addendum To briefly address the tiresome caramel debate: No, the 10 CS has never contained sherry casks, no, I can't find any indication of coloring on the bottle, no, caramel (E150a) is not caramel and therefore not sweet either is completely tasteless and therefore, even if it were added, would have no influence on the taste of the whisky.

Thank you Laphroaig for not putting out ridicolous NAS whiskies for a crazy price. These Laphi 10CS have always been good to great, and this is no different. A bit too much wood influence but still very good and complex.

Laphroaig is certainly the outstanding Islay whisky. At some point you have to decide whether to stick with Glenfiddich or go a step further. That is Laphroaig, rough and smoky. And of course you feel great and daring because the gauze aroma always reminds you of musty hospitals. That's all nonsense, of course. After drinking a lot of whiskies you learn that the 40% Laphroaig is nothing more than a smooth, colored and chill-filtered product for the supermarket. The Cask Strength can perhaps reawaken the old fascination. After all, it is cask strength, so you don't have to chill filter it. But then the shock - the Lurke is colored! Despicable, which is why it is justified to despise the whisky companies. glen-efze.de

There are some bottlings that remind you why you became so passionate about whisky in the first place; everyone has their favorites. This is one of those for me. After having a sample in my glass, I went down to the cellar and opened a bottle. Pure Laphroaig; what it lacks in age and complexity, it makes up for in charm, character, and intensity.

nice nose, fruit and peat and spices and medicinal palate and finish are mediocre 87.5

Less aggressive than Laphroaig 10 on the medicinal peat smoke, provided more space for the rest of Laphroaig flavors to shine through. Another step up from quarter cask!

21+ 21 20+ 21 84 the basic theme is to drink in the cool, ok, everything seems to be fine, but those emotions that were not so long ago are completely gone.

https://whiskylovingpianist.wordpress.com/2022/10/13/feis-ile-2022-laphroaig/ N: Is this far off the 2022 Cairdeas? With ex-bourbon barrels credited, we’ve the typical fruity ice cream notes alongside Laphroaig’s salty meaty woodfire peatiness [a little ash] with a sweet vegetal medicinal quality, sawdust too and some grey [bog roll] cardboard. Enough. T: An acute/affronting savoury-sweet salty lemon-sour affair. The abv seems to carry it but adding water is wholly recommended for a more rounded/less cutting experience. F: Salty, citrusy and sharp/acidic with more sawdust and a little dried seaweed, concluding with light clean medicinal burned bitter lemony TCP. C: A good whisky but there’s plenty of that around.

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Blind rehearsals open your eyes ;-) Long live "The Islay King 2023" Was really tasty, but would have appreciated him younger and strong drinker. And tasted a Caol Ila instead of Laphroaig.

Blind

Beautiful version of the Ten year old Laphroaig. A mellow peat smoke that lingers a long time. I prefer the nose with water, but the taste and finish without water.

https://399s.com/8196.html Color: gold Smell: salty, peat, ink, mint, sour, alcoholic, citrus Taste: full of saltiness, sugar orange, peat, cream, citrus peel oil, smoked pork, salty and umami flavor Finish: medium long, sweet, smoky, peat It is not as delicious as the batches 12 and 13. The ratio of sherry barrels is probably lower, and the salty and umami flavor is quite strong. After opening the bottle for half a year, the alcohol stimulation has decreased a lot, and the wine has become mellower.

Tasted on 11.09.2024.

blind tasting the peaty malt is not for me

I tasted this CS10 twice. To be honest, I was disappointed the first time. Luckily I (accidentally) got a second sample. The second try was way better. Full review, alongside five other Laphroaig CS10: https://keinehalbendrinks.de/2022/02/24/laphroaig-cask-strength-10-year-old/

Marzipan, vanilla, hay, yellow fruits, medicinal peat, barley sugars, very nice

Benchmark Islay still fairly priced in 2022 - I think I liked batch 12 a little more from memory...do I taste the Caramel :))

the 2nd half of the sample: 21.5/22.5/22/22

Pretty good, sweet, medicinal... laphroaig... Liked it a bit better then 13th.

Smell: Rubber, hospital, marine, tar, industrial machinery, grease, smoked ham, burnt oak, orange Taste: Grease, tar, slight sweetness, seaweed, saltiness and marineness, algae and seaweed salad, honey corn flakes, peach, ash, smoked ham, baked apple, red orange, black tea,

Straightforward peat(medicinal), quite malty, some fruitiness, palate is powerful and balanced. Finish is simple but long.

Ten years of maturation in bourbon barrels - that's all a good Laphroaig needs, if it isn't then watered down to 40% ABV like the ten-year-old for the supermarkets. If only the color came from the barrels! Rich peat smoke, fruit, herbs, spices, sea spray. Points deducted because of the coloring.

Legendary 10 year old Cask strength

Campfire, Peat, Tobacco, Medicinal, Graphite, Citrus, Orange Marmalade, Vanilla, Dark Dried Fruit, Vanilla Cheese. Balanced, powerful, strong body, good texture, creamy, vanilla sweetness, pronounced intensity, nice finish.

I remember my mate pulling a plastic glove from the kiln when we visited Laphroaig distillery. A big bluey green one. They must have burned a few pairs for batch 14. Worst CS yet. They even added E150 to try and make something of it. If it's bourbon matured without much colour, fine. Ardbeg get away with it. But why add E150? Too much focus on the distillery profile which spoils the whisky. There's a reason this one's still widely available. Visiting Islay in May and skipping Laphroaig. Shame.

Actually, I wanted to open this bottle on Father's Day and compete against Batch 11. Because someone asked me if I could send a sample of this, I opened the bottle today and poured myself a dram from Batch 11 as well. I don't know if I could have seen such a big difference between these two batches six months ago. This is a decent whisky and still worth the money at today's prices. I don't find a wow effect here, but I like the dram.

The aroma is rich, intense, oily. Iodine, seaweed, minerality, smoke, coniferous-herbal theme, dead leaves. Sweet citrus fruits, fresh (hot) pastries, baked apple with cinnamon, green apple, some spicy spices. Taste - bright, oily, sweet. Soot, coniferous - herbal shades, smoked smoke, vanilla, sweet citrus fruits, some spicy spices, cocoa. The finish is long, enveloping, sweet. Smoked smoke, soot, spicy spices, vanilla, cocoa. Conclusion: Any aging at any age suits a good whisky, this Laphroaig is proof of that. Bright, powerful, rich, tasty with characteristic thoroughbred features.

Pretty ok for a Laphie CS, but i's mainly smacking you around on it's high abv. Clearly lacks complexity compared to earlier batches. I still like it, but I'm glad purchasing this at an in my book maximum justifiable price point of €80.

A wonderfully creamy, honey-sweet batch, not a bad grade, at most a little too round for the 90 points. As usual, very high level.

22/21.5/20.5/21

Nose: fully aromatic, smoky (campfire), maritime, medicinal, brown sugar, forest honey, green tea, some orange, light mango Palate: smoky (campfire), maritime, iodine, black tea with lots of brown sugar, forest honey, some orange, light mango Finish: medium length, warm and smoky (campfire), maritime, iodine, black tea with lots of brown sugar Rating: a smoky-sweet Laphroaig that's pretty straightforward. The other flavors remain in the background, but the black tea with lots of brown sugar has something. 88/100 or 7/10

Mineral and very spicy! Nettle, laurel, menthol, pine needles, spices, raisins, roasted nuts, burnt wood, dust, wax, paint, plastic, rubber, machine oil, smoked fish.

This is really one of the best of the latest years! Well done Laphroaig on raising yourself out of your self dug grave !! Sweet, nice smoke, clean bourbon notes, medium long finish and overall lovely taste.

Solid. Very solid. It dumps a much older feel into the experience, with highlights of leather and medicine. A lot of leather.... I feel like it's a 10 that was made in a dark cellar for much longer. The strength is noticeable, but more so in effects which is impressive onto itself. I've seen people say they choose this over the 22 cairdeas, which has become one of my favorite whiskies of all time... Batch 16 is much different than wharehouse 1. The craft is undeniable, but the magic of the 22/23 Cairdeas is not there. I like it. I like it a lot. It's very similar to the 10 with super highlights and less peat. I'm going with warehouse one 10/10. It's such a bright and true Laphroaig experience. This a piece of the distillery in my opinion... The 10 highlighted in some areas and dimmed in others... I'm interested to see where I am as time goes on.

Great, slightly atypical Laphroaig. It is very sweet and the typical medicinal note/iodine is only very subtle in the background. In comparison with batch no. 11, no. 12 and no. 13 this is the clear winner for me. Batch #14 is more complex and slightly sweeter than the above. The biggest difference, however, is the finish: it is much more intense, complex and extremely long due to the variety of aromas. He convinced me.

SIGNIFICANTLY better than Charge 13. Just my two cents though...

Good one, I like it better than batch 13. A bit of creaminess compared to batches 11 and 13. Still inferior to batch 11 for me. Doesn't have that lot of pepper in the taste and introduces noticeable sweetness, though not so strong as batch 11.

Up until batch #012, the Laphroaig world was fine for me - since then it hasn't been. Batch #013 and this batch #014 are decorated with caramel. For me this is more than just a drop of bitterness and for these great whiskys completely superfluous and pointless. If the color of the whisky in this class is no longer caused by the barrel aging but by an additive, that is a strong argument for me not to buy the whisky anymore.

I love it more than bath 015, but just as good.

It has an oily viscosity and a high-intensity bouquet. I have aromas of intense, maritime peat smoke, smoked bacon, honey sweetness, vanilla, pipe tobacco and spicy oak. Moderately complex. A good balance between sweetness and dryness in terms of taste. The alcohol is relatively well integrated and it has a heavy body.

I love CS Laph) A perfect mix of sweet, smoky and savory flavors

More tasty, full-bodied, more entertaining because it is sufficiently complex heavy duty Laphroaig. 89/100.

Strong smoke and really nice and salty-sweet. Shows what the distillery can do.

One of those bottles that leave me kind of speechless. It is so absurdly delicious that it feels almost disrespectful to try to describe it. It feels like you should intellectually engage with a dram only when there’s at least something that doesn’t quite click, an aspect that collides with the rest of the profile, or a configuration of notes that requires some conceptualization for it to truly work. But this is not the case: it is perfect as it is, so thinking about it or trying to rationalize it, instead of simply enjoying it, actually requires effort. That’s how much Laphroaig seems made for me. I adore it, which will not be surprising if you know my favorite kind of whisky (heavily peated, cask strength, ex-bourbon, etc.). The good thing about being predictable is that it’s easy to set yourself up for a truly memorable experience. Which is exactly what I need in my life right now, as I take care of my sick mom. Aroma: Coastal, sweet, peated, salty, organic, toasted, herbal. Strong, rich, creamy, and sweet vanilla up front, followed by sea breeze, old tarry ropes, iodine-forward and organic peat, salty sun-coated seaweed, and tropical fruits (pineapple, apple, mango). If we keep exploring, we discover toasted nuances (a mix of caramel, brown sugar, and bonfire) some herbal touches like mint and juniper, some autumnal notes such as roasted chestnuts, rainy days, wet soil, and damp leather clothes, as well as hints of compost and farmyard aromas. Taste: Maritime, industrial, sweet, organic, salty, sweet, spicy. An amazing mix of coastal notes (grilled seafood and miso soup) intertwined with sweet vanilla and caramel, all of it covered with those typical medicinal notes from Laphroaig. Intense grilled pineapple, boiled mango, toasted rosemary, and the atmosphere of an old harbor, with its salt-oxidized machinery and ropes rotting under the waves. Many nuances appear: astringent olive oil, sweet rubber (?), organic matter, roasted lamb, diesel, vinegar. Seawater-like astringency. Finish: Like drinking warm seawater by accident. Then, an old seaside hospital, burnt caramel, summery forest, ashy bonfire, heavily burnt crème brûlée / crema catalana, banana flambé, industrial nuances and chili. Another straight-up mind-blowing whisky from Laphroaig. Only God knows how they manage to release such a variety of near-divine bottlings seemingly effortlessly (I recently opened a bottle of their Lore 48%, and I’m in awe of that one too). This Batch 14 is a refined take on their 10 CS profile, with much more vanilla and fruit and a touch less peat—very similar to Batch 13, yet still its own thing. It feels wild and industrial at the same time, with its maritime and herbal notes interwoven beautifully. I cannot exaggerate how shockingly beautiful this whisky is, at least for me. Perfect to forget, even for a moment, the painfully fragile finitude of human life. ◆ Rating: 9.8/10 --> Favorites. Exactly what I’m looking for (✪) ◈ Thought process behind the score: I absolutely adore it, so it’s a +9.5/10. It’s very similar to Batch 13, though a little less complex and a bit more refined, so I think I very slightly prefer Batch 13, which earned a 9.9/10 (along with a long and obscure Kantian justification). Therefore, this one deserves a 9.8/10. ◇ Quality/price ratio: 4/5 (Good price) ▪ Same rating as these OB’s: Ardbeg Uigeadail, Michel Couvreur’s Candid, Laphroaig An Cuan Mòr, Port Charlotte Scottish Barley, Springbank 15.

It tastes great, and compared to B16, it has more depth.

Color: Amber golden. Scent: Sweet. Sea. Smoke ala smokehouse. Salt. Seaweed. Light vanilla. Taste: Mild. Slightly sweet. Slightly spicy. Aftertaste: Long. Dull. Tart. Ashy. A little vanilla. Hint of chili.

Peat, smoke, coal, pepper, nuts, slightly burnt grilled meat, iodine, tar, bandages ... 22-22,5-22,5-22

Excellent recognizable helmet 10. Smoky, sweet, tasty, that moment when you don't want to drip in details, but just enjoy drinking, especially when you have a whole bottle in stock)

89 - 90

Very Laphroaig. Have been wating for this one for 30 years.

Extremely multi-layered, complex, smoky, sweet, spicy, herbal, fruity, washed with all seas at the end

Delicious drink with extremely well integrated alcohol. This batch pleases with sweetness, saltiness and (for Laphroaig) subtle smokiness. The finish is long and harmonious. I can't quite understand the hysteria among some here over the use of dye (even if it's not nice): you wouldn't notice it blindly... Doesn't it depend on taste?

Nose: bonfire, diesel, iodine, hospital, linoleum, vanilla, caramel, citrus, yeast cake with sweet fruits, smoked ham and cold smoked bacon, lots of sea salt, refreshing salty breeze. Taste: very medicinal, iodine, bonfire, ash, mineral, vanilla, salted caramel, honey, dried dark fruits, oranges, Michaelmas candies with nuts, oily, salty smoked ham, spices. Finish: pleasantly lingering, sweet medicinal smoke, a bit of ash, a burning fire, burnt caramel, creamy, slightly dry and tart, nuts, apricots, bitter citrus fruits, pleasantly warming.

N 86 Boozy. Honey 4, Malt 3, Peat 4 (Iodine 3, Medicinal 4), Lemon Peel 3, Herb 2, Tropical Fruit 3, Pineapple 3. P 87 Feet 5 (medicinal 4, iodine 4, charcoal 4) Honey 4, Flower 3, Watery Lemon 3, Clove 3, Pepper 4, Tropical Fruit 3 (pineapple 3, Lychee 2), Dark Chocolate 2, Slightly Burnt Tannin 3 F 85 Feet 4 (Medical 4, Seaweed 2, Salt 2, Carbonated Ash 3) Honey 3, Flower 2, Lemon Peel 2, Pineapple 3, Vanilla 2, Oak 2, Tannin 2 Overall, not my cup of tea compared to B13... more medicinal and less sweet and fruity. Layers are a bit thinner. Spicy astringency is also stronger on the palette.

Small comparison tasting Laphroaig 10 CS 1. Batch 014 2. Batch 010 3. Batch 017

Do not add much water to this batch!

Aroma: dense, oily base note, smoked bacon, only slightly phenolic, beautiful balance, almost a bit restrained for a 10-year-old CS, overall finely crafted, subtly salty and iodine-like, with sweet fruit notes, salted peach, herbal, alcohol very well integrated Taste: densely woven, machine oil, woody spice, great balance, maritime saltiness, sweet undertone, ginger, very well-integrated alcohol, medium to long finish Color: Yellow gold, medium waterline, clear Conclusion: Here is a smoother version of the 10 CS, with fewer rough edges, but by no means mundane - overall more charming than "rebellious", and thus (once again) a very individual interpretation of the 10 CS - great!

The difference to the previous batch 013 is striking. Not in terms of quality, since Batch 014 and Batch 013 are on par, but in terms of the type of aromas that can be found in the glass. I can't remember identifying such a fruit and ham note in a 10 CS (ex-Bourbon Casks especially) that then blends in so well and harmonizes so well with the other "classic" aromas. Edit: On Wednesday, April 20th, 2022, the first Laphroaig online tasting took place with the new Distillery Manager and successor to John Campbell, Barry MacAffer. This 10 CS was the first dram tasted and MacAffer in the course of the broadcast gave the cask composition: 69.5% 1st fill bourbon 30.5% refill bourbon

Yes, this is really the best whisky I know so far. Wonderfully sweet, full and peaty. For example, this makes the Talisker 18 a boring dog.

It made a better impression on me than the previous batch 13. Although not much, it is more complex and interesting in aroma and taste. Remarkably integrated alcohol - 58.6% are not felt in the aroma and taste. Given the price of 80 €, this is a very good whisky for a winter evening.

Nose: heavy Mouth: explosive Finish: afterburn

Impressive first impressjon, cinda start to get laphroaig love afther a number amazing ones

Laphroaig 10 year cask strength batch 14 Alcohol ABV: 57.9% Cask:ex-Bourbon Barrels =>Nose: bamboo. Fried onion =>Taste: very sweet corn. The finish is spicy.The finish is not smooth.I would still prefer some older Laphroaig. =>Score: 80 [Recommend to try]

Colour gold. Great whisky, with a number of changes that surprise and delight you.

Yes what can you say. Firm peat in your face, apple, citrus, medicinal. Rarely have I tasted such hearty peat bombs, I love it.

A little disturbing at first in the blind tasting, but then it becomes more approachable.