London-based spirits merchant Berry Bros & Rudd selected and released a 24-year-old whisky from Islay distillery Laphroaig to commemorate BB&R’s 325th anniversary. Along with the Islay characteristic peaty notes – here identified as bonfire ash, coal soot and, of course, peat smoke – the Laphroaig 24-Year-Old is also said to offer notes of mango, pineapple […]
Beam Suntory-owned Islay distillery Laphroaig has released a limited edition 36-year-old single malt whisky as the first addition to their new Wall Collection, which emphasizes the role of peat in Laphroaig whiskies. Laphroaig The Wall Collection: Peat Edition is a 36-year-old single malt matured in a cask that previously held younger, heavily peated Laphroaig, bottled […]
Beam-Suntory-owned Ardray – a blended Scotch whisky – has officially arrived on USA shores after previously only being available in London and Shanghai. Ardray blended Scotch whisky is a blend of whiskies from Beam-Suntory-owned distilleries including Ardmore, Auchentoshan, Bowmore, Glen Garioch and Laphroaig combined with Edrington-owned brands Glenrothes, Highland Park, The Macallan and others and […]
They have always been a family business and maybe there is nothing royal about these humble distillers of Scottish whisky, rums, and gin. So, why would they become so special, that they awarded a special Coronation whisky to the queen? On July 5, 2023, Duncan Taylor presented a special ‘coronation edition’ whisky to HM Queen […]
Laphroaig has released the 2022 edition of their Càirdeas whisky as part of this year’s Islay Fèis Ìle whisky festival. Laphroaig Càirdeas 2022 Warehouse 1 was matured in first-fill Maker’s Mark Bourbon casks then aged in Laphroaig’s nearly-200-year-old Warehouse 1, bottled at 52.8% alcohol by volume [105.6 proof] and is said to contain notes of […]
The Bonhams auction house will be offering their inaugural spirits sale at Bonhams Paris location at 4 Rue de la Paix in Paris on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Bonhams’ 189-lot sale will feature several rare whiskies most “notably from Italian collections….such as rare bottles from [Silvano] Samaroli, one of the last Italian whisky trading companies,…including […]
Islay-based Laphroaig Distillery released their third single malt in the five-whisky series that honors Ian Hunter, the last member of the founding Johnston family to run the distillery. The third entry in the series is Laphroaig Book Three: Source Protector – which highlights the history behind the distillery’s Kirkbride stream source – the 33-year-old whisky […]
Laphroaig has released a pair of cask strength single malt whiskies – Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength and 25 Year Old Cask Strength – as part of their batch 13. Laphroaig 10-Year-Old Cask Strength was matured in ex-bourbon casks, bottled at 57.9% alcohol by volume [115.8 proof] and is said to contain notes of […]