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Laphroaig Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Islay Distillery Information.

Laphroaig Distillery,

Port Ellen,

Isle of Islay,

Argyll,

PA42 7DU Tel. 01496 302418

Please confirm with the distillery before travelling

Open 7 days from March to December

Open Mon-Fri during January and February

Several Levels of tours

To arrange a tour of the distillery you can call direct on +44 (0)1496 302418

Laphroaig Scotch Whisky

Distillery Style Tasting Notes

Nose: Very medicinal (TCP).Earthy and smoky.

Palate: Full bodied. Sweet, seaweedy, salty, medicinal.

Finish: Long, sweet and peaty.

Laphroaig Whisky Review Laphroaig Whisky Notes

Founded in 1815 by Alex & Donald Johnston

Location Islay region south shore district

Water source Kilbride Loch.

Laphroaig Scotch Whisky Distilling Equipment

Original floor maltings and 2 peat kiln. This supplies 15% of the malt, 70% from Port Ellen and 15% from the mainland.

Porteous Mill

Stainless steel lauter mash tun

6 Stainless steel washbacks

7 Stills unusual combination of 3 wash stills and 4 spirit stills, they are “nipped in” at the waist, narrow necked with long ,thin, lyne arms on the wash stills slope upwards at a pronounced angle, the condensers are located behind. The stills where originally built by McDonalds of Edinburgh.

Matured in first fill American oak bourbon hogsheads in 8 dunnage warehouses on the seashore.

Laphroaig Scotch Whisky Distillery History

Lying just west of Lagavulin on the southshore. Alex & Donald Johnston started the Laphroaig distillery in 1815.

During 1836 the distillery became under the sole ownership of Donald Johnston. Unfortunately Donald died after tumbling into a vat of part-processed whisky in 1847.

His son Dugald was too young to take over so the distillery was temporarily leased to Walter Graham.

In 1857 Dugald Johnston takes over and runs the distillery until his death in1877 leaving the distillery to his sisters and brother in law.

At some point in 1921 Ian Hunter takes over and in1923 a pair of new stills are added.

Laphroaig was allowed in to the USA as a "medicinal spirit" during prohibition. Ian Hunter, the owner at the time, gave some US officials some samples of his malt whisky the iodine medicinal flavours won them over.

During the 1930s Bessie Williamson arrives to take up a temporary job at the distillery that lasts for forty years old. Over the following years Ian Hunter passes over his “knowledge” as he sees her as the one person to carry on the Laphroaig tradition. On his death Bessie Williamson inherits distillery in 1954

Being pragmatic Bessie knew for Laphroaig to grow it would require support and resources that only the large companies have so during the 1960s sold the distillery to Long John International

Allied Domecq in turn purchased Long John in 1990

Prince Charles visits and hands over Royal Warrant in 1994.

The distillery is taken over by Fortune Brands Inc in 2005.

With tasting notes of medicinal, TCP mouthwash, phenolic. Iodine-like, seaweedy, tar smoke and peat with a hint of estery sweetness. This is an Islay whisky at industrial strength. Even if the tasting notes are for Diesel This malt whisky is one of the best five sellers in the UK

Johnston name still appears on label.

Laphroaig Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottlings

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength

Laphroaig 18 Year Old

Laphroaig 25 Year Old

Laphroaig Select

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

Laphroaig Triple Wood

Travel Retail Bottlings

Laphroaig An Cuan Mor

Laphroaig PX Cask Pedro Ximenez