Laphroaig

This time-honoured Laphroaig is part of The Archive Collection, a limited series that presents exceptionally long matured single malts from the Islay distillery. The first bottling in this special and strictly limited series matured in American oak casks with a finish in second-fill Oloroso sherry hogsheads. This makes the malt more subtle and complex layer by layer. It is a special challenge to preserve the peat smoke of a 36-year-old whisky, because only through perfected craftsmanship, a great deal of patience and the essential sensitivity in combination with the right intuition could the characteristics of this rarity be preserved over three decades. The single malt is the oldest Laphroaig for over 20 years and is bottled in a hand-blown glass bottle with a special neck inspired by the sea glass found on the beaches of Islay.

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Over the years, outstanding bottlings have appeared in the Laphroaig Hunter series. All bottlings include a handmade book that tells stories from the life of the distillery manager. Each bottling over the coming years tells another chapter of the rich heritage of Ian Hunter, who was the last descendant of the Johnston family and ran the distillery from 1908 - 1944. The fourth release in this series includes a 34 year old Single Malt matured in ex-bourbon casks and finished in Oloroso sherry casks. With this bottling, Ian Hunter's story explicitly addresses the malt grounds essential to Laphroaig whiskies and how he established them at the time.

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Over the years, outstanding bottlings have appeared in the Laphroaig Hunter series. All bottlings include a handmade book that tells stories from the life of the distillery manager. Each bottling over the coming years tells another chapter of the rich heritage of Ian Hunter, who was the last descendant of the Johnston family and ran the distillery from 1908 - 1944. The fifth release in this series features a 34-year-old Single Malt matured in ex-bourbon casks and finished in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. With this bottling, the story of Ian Hunter enters its final chapter, in what is undoubtedly the highlight of the life of Ian Hunter dedicated series. The bottling honours the enduring spirit of his legacy, to which the distillery still pays tribute today. Each whisky in the collection is dedicated to a different aspect of Ian's activity that made Laphroaig what it is today.

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Over the years, outstanding bottlings have appeared in the Laphroaig Hunter series. All bottlings include a handmade book that tells stories from the life of the distillery manager. Each bottling over the coming years tells another chapter of Ian Hunter's rich legacy. Ian Hunter was the last descendant of the Johnston family and ran the distillery from 1908 - 1944.

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The Laphroaig Hunter series has produced outstanding bottlings over the years. All bottlings include a handmade book that tells stories from the distillery manager's life. Each bottling in the coming years tells another chapter of Ian Hunter's rich legacy. Ian Hunter was the last descendant of the Johnston family and managed the distillery from 1908 - 1944.

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For a quarter of a century, the Laphroaig was matured in ex-bourbon casks, which were carefully selected and blended by the Master Distiller. With a quarter of a century of maturation, the peat smoke aromas move somewhat into the background and combine harmoniously with the oak and vanilla notes of the casks to create an elegant Islay Single Malt Whisky. This bottling from 2023 is interestingly a little more fruity than the previous vintages. The tasting video contains a bottle from a series bottled in previous years.

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The Dun Bheagan series of the independent bottler MacLeod is named after an old, Gaelic village on the Isle of Skye. Formerly populated by many illicit distilleries, the village is now best known for its ancient castle. This has been the seat of the MacLeod's since the 13th century.

The famous 10-year-old Laphroaig whisky has an extremely smoky flavour with a hint of seaweed and the sea. It is one of the most intense Islay malts. You either hate it or you love it.

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Laphroaig Sherry Oak is not only matured in Bourbon but also in Sherry casks. The malt then receives an additional Oloroso Sherry finish in European oak casks. This underlines the sweet notes of the medicinal-smoky Islay whisky.

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This Laphroaig was matured for over ten years in ex-bourbon casks and was bottled at cask strength without chill filtering for a particularly rich Taste. Only when bottled from the cask is the Laphroaig base filtered to remove unwanted charcoal particles.

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Laphroaig Four Oak was bottled for travel retail and was allowed to mature in four different types of cask. This combines the classic smoky character of Laphroaig with various wood notes.

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The Laphroaig PX Cask is the first bottling from the distillery to be matured in Pedro Ximenez casks. After maturing in American oak casks and later being transferred to quarter casks, the bottling received its final finish in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks.

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The Laphroaig Select Single Malt Whisky contains proportions of all known Laphroaig bottlings (10 years, PX Cask, Quarter Cask and Triple Wood). The combination of the different casks and bottlings creates a harmonious balance between peat smoke, vanilla, honey and slightly earthy flavours.

Ian Hunter, the last of the founding family, visited the bourbon distilleries in Kentucky around 70 years ago to learn their ageing techniques. Up to this point, all the casks were from Europe, which resulted in a much sweeter Laphroaig. Hunter had a selection of ex-bourbon casks shipped to Scotland so that he could test these casks on his whisky. This is the beginning of Laphroaig as we know it.

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This Laphroaig was matured in ex-bourbon casks and allowed to mature in particularly small quarter casks. They give this malt whisky the perfect pairing of smoke and oak.

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Laphroaig Lore stands for the transmission of knowledge and tradition. The Johnston brothers laid the foundations for the Lore recipe back in 1800. Since then, the whisky has been further developed by several Laphroaig distillery managers and master distillers. Lore combines this knowledge and the history of Laphroaig. For the most part, 15 to 21-year-old casks were used for the single malt. A small proportion of younger malts were also used.

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Laphroaig Elements 1.0 is the first bottling of a new series in which the distillery shows its experimental and unexpected side. For the first in the series, Laphroaig's Master Blender experimented with the fermentation process to give the typical characteristics of the malt more depth and detail, but also fruity, soft and sweet nuances. Elements is made in mash tuns of two sizes and with two types of word, cloudy and semi-turbid. The strong Single Malt was bottled without chill filtration and at cask strength.

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Laphroaig stands for intensely smoky malts - so it's no wonder that the Islay distillery places great value on its own peat. The peat, cut by hand, is first dried for three months and then used to dry the grain on Laphroaig's own malt floors. In the live tasting, we taste three of the smoky creations: The 10-year-old Classic, the Lore partly matured in sherry casks and quarter casks, and Select with proportions of all the well-known Laphroaig bottlings (10 years, PX Cask, Quarter Cask and Triple Wood).

Join Ben and Horst Lüning in tasting three Single Malts from the Islay distillery. You can find the video free of charge here in the article!

Laphroaig 10 years 40% vol

Laphroaig Select 40% vol

Laphroaig Lore 48% vol.

#WeStayHome - We have also taken this motto to heart and want to make your time at home as pleasant as possible. Therefore, we have filmed a Miniature Live Tasting with Laphroaig for you. Together with Ben and Horst Lüning, taste two Single Malts from the core range of the Islay distillery. You can find the video for free here in the article!

Laphroaig 10 years 40% vol.

Laphroaig Quarter Cask 48% vol.

Laphroaig stands for intensely smoky malts - so it's no wonder that the Islay distillery places great importance on its own peat. The hand-cut peat is first dried for three months and then used to dry the grain on Laphroaig's own malting floors. In the live tasting we sample three of the smoky creations, including: the 10 year old classic, Laphroaig 10 year old matured at cask strength and the 10 year old Laphroaig finished in sherry oak casks.

Join Ben Lüning and Laphroaig Brand Ambassador Mark Armin Giesler to taste three Single Malts from the Islay distillery. The live tasting will take place at www.whisky.de/live on Friday, 17 November 2023 in German at 7 pm. At 8 pm you can follow the tasting from English.

Laphroaig Original, 10 years, 40% vol.

Laphroaig Cask Strength, 10 years, 58.8% vol.

Laphroaig Sherry Oak Finish, 10 years, 48% vol.