Laphroaig 25 Year Old – 45.1% – 2013 Release

23 January 2014

Laphroaig’s most refined expression, part matured in Oloroso Sherry Casks and aged for 25 Years.

This is the 2013 Cask Strength Edition
Matured in the finest Oloroso Sherry and American Oak Casks.

Bottled 2013 at 45.1% vol

Distilled at Laphroaig Distillery, Islay

Laphroaig 1996 16 Year Old Signatory Cask #8517

24 December 2013

One of only 271 bottles. This Laphroaig is a bottling for the Cask Strength Collection by Signatory Vintage Distilled 26th November 1996 – 26.11.1996 Bottled 21st October 2013 – 21.10.2013 Cask No 8517 One of only 271 Bottles available worldwide. Matur…

Laphroaig QA Cask

12 November 2013

An amazing fusion of flavours. The first maturation is in ex bourbon barrels, followed by transfer to charred American white oak casks (quercus alba in Latin).
This second intense maturation creates a blend of peat smoke balanced with warm, spicy vanilla notes.
The length of time this powerful stage takes varies, meaning each cask is carefully selected by hand to ensure the exact balance of flavours.

This was originally (and still is) a Travel Retail exclusive, it’s also a 1 Litre bottling.

Distilled at Laphroaig Distillery

Laphroaig An Cuan Mor

12 November 2013

Matured in first fill only ex-American white oak bourbon barrels.
The whisky is then recasked and left to sleep in the finest European Oak, the result in a fusion of flavours, from the medicinal peat, to the soft and spicy caramel tones of the American Wood, to the BIG rich, burnt apricot and raisin of the European Oak.

This was exclusively only available in Travel Retail, Laphroaig An Cuan Mor – Translated as ‘Big Ocean’

Distilled at Laphroaig Distillery

Laphroaig 29.8 SMWS 1978 Single Cask

13 October 2013

Distilled back in October 1978 and bottled in May 1995, quite simply a stunning Single Cask release at Cask Strength 56.6% From the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Distilled Laphroaig Distillery

Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old Whisky – 2008 Release

22 June 2013

The Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old was specially bottled in 2008 to celebrate Laphroaig’s friends worldwide. Cairdeas 30 has enjoyed a double maturation, firstly in a combination of approximately 60% Sherry and 40% ex-bourbon casks.
Before bottling, the spirit was then married together and matured for a final period in ex-bourbon casks to ensure an even richer, more complext flavour.

1 of 1536 bottles available.
(number may be different to that one in the image)

From Laphroaig Distillery, Islay.

Laphroaig Cairdeas Whisky – Port Wood Edition

14 June 2013

Fresh from Feis Ile 2013, we managed a stop off at Laphroaig to have a sample of their offering – Cairdeas Port Wood Edition. The 2013 expression has enjoyed a double maturation in bourbon and port wood casks to create an exceptional balance of our sig…