Laphroaig 1995 SMWS 29.126

Category - Single Malt

Distillery - Laphroaig

Bottler - The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS)

Bottling series - Protects against vampires

Vintage - 04.04.1995

Bottled - 11.2012

Stated Age - 17 years

Cask Type - Refill Ex-Bourbon Barrel

Cask number - 29.126

Number of bottles - 187

Strength - 60.0 %

Size - 750 ml

Laphroaig 1995 SMWS 29.126 “Protects Against Vampires” gives us a wonderfully vivid SMWS panel note — fresh hay, canvas, spun sugar, syrup, honey‑cured smoked ham, peppered steak with Balmoral sauce, sweet cigar smoke, cream crackers, soy sauce, refreshers… fiery, earthy, cigars, ginger beer, barbecued meat from the ashes —

Laphroaig 1995 SMWS 29.126 “Protects Against Vampires” – 17 Years Old

Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Islay, Scotland

ABV: 60.0% (Cask Strength)

Cask: Refill Ex‑Bourbon Barrel

Bottles: 187

Style: Wild, meaty, smoky, sweet–savoury Laphroaig with fiery intensity and earthy depth

AppearanceTranslucent corn‑gold — pale, bright, and classically refill‑bourbon.

Nose - Fresh hay, canvas, spun sugar, syrup, honey‑cured smoked ham, peppered steak, sweet cigar smoke, cream crackers, soy sauce, refreshers. Fresh hay, dry canvas, and earthy barnyard warmth. Spun sugar, syrup, and sweet malt. Honey‑cured smoked ham and peppered steak with Balmoral sauce — a full savoury wave. Sweet cigar smoke, warm ash, and charred oak. Soy sauce, cream crackers, and a faint medicinal edge. A quirky, sweet‑savoury interplay that only Laphroaig can pull off. It’s wild, meaty, sweet, smoky, and utterly distinctive.

Palate - Hot, fiery, effervescent, robust and earthy… cigars, ginger beer, barbecued meat retrieved from the ashes). Fiery peat smoke, hot and effervescent at 60%. Cigar ash, charred driftwood, and earthy peatGinger beer heat, pepper, and herbal spice. Barbecued meat, ash‑dusted and smoky. Sweetness returns: syrup, spun sugar, and vanilla biscuit. A savoury undertone of soy, smoked ham, and grilled herbs. A big, feral, full‑throttle Laphroaig — the kind that splits a tasting panel.

Finish - Long, smoky, and earthy.Ash, charcoal, ginger heat, and lingering meaty smokeA final echo of sweet malt and peppered steak

A wild, smoky, meaty, sweet–savoury Laphroaig with fiery peat, ginger heat, cigar ash, barbecued meat, and spun‑sugar sweetness. Uncompromising, eccentric, and unforgettable — a true SMWS 29.x beast.

A ferocious cask‑strength Laphroaig bursting with fiery peat, cigar ash, ginger beer heat, spun sugar, smoked ham, and barbecued meat. Wild, earthy, and unmistakably SMWS.