Islay-based distiller Laphroaig has released a 16-Year-Old single malt whisky. Laphroaig 16 Year Old was aged in ex-Bourbon barrels, bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof] and is said to contain notes of caramel and vanilla in addition to the traditional peat smoke of the Laphroaig brand. Laphroaig 16 Year Old is being made […]
Laphroaig has collaborated with UK-based cinema chain, Picturehouse, to offer samples of the single malt at select screenings as part of their “Opinions Welcome” advertising campaign. Laphroaig advertisements will run at Picturehouse venues before feature-length films, followed by a launch film and an opportunity for consumers to try Laphroaig and compare their opinions. Picturehouse Cinemas […]
Laphroaig has released the Cairdeas Triple Wood Cask Strength single malt whisky created to celebrate the ‘friends of Laphroaig’ and mark this year’s Fèis Ìle festival on Islay. Laphroaig Càirdeas Triple Wood Cask Strength was aged in ex-Bourbon barrels, moved to quarter casks and then finished in ex-Oloroso sherrry European oak casks before being bottled […]
Laphroaig has brought their 28-Year-Old to the USA. Laphroaig 28-Year-Old was initially matured in an assortment of cask sizes before the liquid from each was transported to Sherry casks for the final year of maturation and then bottled at 44.4% alcohol by volume [88.8 proof]. Laphroaig 28-Year-Old is said to contain notes of dates, pears […]
Laphroaig Single Malt Scotch Whisky is rolling out their annual [begun in 2014] tasting sessions where people – generally non-whisky drinkers – taste the peaty whisky for the first time and proceed to blurt out their opinions of what they just put into their mouths – this time, the theme is “A First for Friends.” […]
Hunter Laing has released The Kinship – a collection of six, single-cask Islay whiskies. The Kinship specifically consists of a 34-year-old sherry cask Port Ellen ($2300), 33-year-old sherry cask Caol Ila ($475), 30-year old sherry cask Bowmore ($625), 30-year-old Bourbon cask Laphroaig ($910), 28-year-old sherry cask Bunnahabhain ($390) and a 26-year-old Bourbon cask Ardbeg ($910). […]
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that may or may not mean – depending on your family – that it is time for a dollop or three of Laphroaig…
Andy Daly embarks on a 3.5 hour recounting of remarks on how to describe the taste of Laphroaig Whisky…