29.292 Peat In Parts Per Thousand

Laphroaig 23 Year Old 2001, Scotch Malt Whisky Society cask 29.292 Peat In Parts Per Thousand, is a single cask single malt Scotch from the Laphroaig distillery in the Islay region (SMWS distillery code 29). Distilled on 14 February 2001, it was matured for 23 years for 20 years in an oloroso butt before transfer to a refill Pedro Ximenez butt and bottled at a natural cask strength of 58.2% ABV, with an outturn of just 579 bottles. It comes in a 700ml bottle. The Society places it in its Heavily peated flavour profile, and its Tasting Panel describes a hyper-real, smoky and maritime Islay classic with exotic fruit and brine; it was named Best in Class at Culinaire magazine's 2026 Beverage Awards. Like every SMWS bottling it is presented at cask strength without chill filtration, and the label carries the Society's cask code rather than the distillery name.

Nose: Peat smoke with dried exotic fruit, iodine, antiseptic, kippers and peppered mackerel, then smoked olive oil, tarred rope, creel nets and wet kelp; water brings boiler smoke and eucalyptus oil

Palate: Like cask-strength rauchbier with charred pineapple, tar and olive brine; water adds preserved lemons, herbal ointment, soy sauce, bonfire embers and cornichons

Serve: Neat first, then with a few drops of water to open it up; at full cask strength it rewards patience.