Any whiskey that is aged for a period time tends to take on a new balance of flavors. Whether it’s from perfectly chosen oak barrels or from the moist atmosphere of wood hewn rickhouses – each bottle almost has its own ‘coming of age’ story hidden betwixt every drop and swell. Laphroaig 25 year old Cask Strength single malt scotch celebrates this aging process in a way that will leave you feeling as if you yourself have meandered between the tall racks of old oak barrels along creaking the dust covered wood floors of just such a barrel house… as if you can feel the heavy notes of smoked wood on your skin, filling your sense with a kind of nostalgic awe. The nose is a scent both rich and warm with layers of old, washed up driftwood, salty sea soaked air and vintage raw rope over tones of sweet honeycomb and malt soaked beeswax. The taste intertwines along the tongue with tendrils of coastal ocean rock, rich smoke hued with muddy tar, and dark earthen treacle wrapped in seaweed and sweet sherry. Laphroaig 25 year old Cask Strength single malt melts into you for a finish that drifts over you like a gentle sea of cinnamon, black tar, and darkly ripened fruit. …