Laphroaig 12 Year (That Boutique-y Whisky Co.)

"Take me away I don't mind You better promise me I'll be back in time 🎶🎵" That's the main lyric from a hit song by a famous 80s band, made specially for a blockbuster film. And I sing that since I've opened one of my most strangely shaped bottles, the Laphroaig 12yo, by That Boutique-y Whisky Company. This independent bottler is famous for their drawn labels, which often refer to inside jokes. This particular expression shows two guys in the same clothes and posing as characters from Back to the Future. The car from the movie is also shown. Bottled at 52.4%abv it has a pale straw color. On the nose it is like a super spicy Mexican chilli dish. It starts with a note that I can only describe as seaweed. Grapefruit. White wine and a watered ashtray. After a couple of minutes it is the purest, most powerful red chilli ever. Super spicy hot. On the palate it is very straightforward but very nice. White chocolate for 3 seconds and then an atomic bomb of salt and pepper. So potent. Aftertaste is all about a peppery madness. It has a nice bite, Gunpowder, chilli. Super, mega, hyper spicy. Overall, if you are a fan of spicy foods, this is definitively for you. I did not find it "Laphroaigish" at all, and I believe that if I were trying this at a blind tasting, I would have guessed wrong, because I would have thought it was a Highland Park. A very nice, not complex but very powerful dram, my score for it is 92 over 100.