ABV: 48 %
Origin: Islay
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is medicinal peat and dried fruits. Smoke and ashes coming from the remains of a campfire is immediate and very dominant but well balanced against both red ripe and fresh fruits. The fruits are complemented by a honey sweetness. There’s also medicinal notes with iodine in front. It’s earthy with a hint of dry soil and sand together with a salty breeze from an open sea.

Mouth: The fruity side takes front with a nice ”funky” complex note coming from the ripe fruits together with the richness of the peat. The peat notes now steer towards dry ashes. It’s still earthy with a dry soil feel to it and it’s still salty. There’s a red chili spicyness coming through and a nice oakiness that builds up over time in the mouth.

Finish: A big burst of heavy peat notes together with iodine and brine. The red fruits gets mixed with fresh tropical fruits (mango and pinapple), which comes through with the oak. It’s a long, nice oaky finish with the ashy burnt out campfire lingering for a long time.

Additional information
This is a travel retail exclusive matured first in american ex-bourbon oak barrels, then in quarter casks and then finished in european ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry oak casks. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour. It has about 45 ppm.

ABV: 48 %
Origin: Islay
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and ashy. A cold, put out, ashy campfire is first to arrive together with a funky sweet red berry note. It’s medicinal and iodine and brine are sitting in the middle of it all. After a few seconds dark fruits come through mixed with a quite pronounced vanilla note. Liqueur-soaked cherries and sweet liquorice are also found which make it a bit rounder. This is very approachable.

Mouth: It starts out very sweet and ashy. It’s slightly spicy with a black pepper touch to it. It still produces plenty of dark fruit notes and a nice vanilla layer surrounding everything. It’s not as medicinal and salty as on the nose and there’s a tiny hint of toffee coming through together with the liqueur-soaked cherries and the vanilla. It’s a touch dry, but there’s no astringency.

Finish: A big ashy peat punch is followed by a very sweet note of the same sweet, ripe, darker fruits together with vanilla and now also with honey. The ashy note steps to the side, but still holds its ground. A tropical fruit note appears together with a nice oaky finish. The funky sweet notes with red berries return in the late finish and lingers in the background while the oakiness slowly subsides. This is a great, approachable version of Laphroaig.

Additional information
Brodir is a travel retail exclusive matured in american ex-bourbon oak barrels and then finished in european ex-Ruby port oak casks. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour. It has about 45 ppm.