The Laphroaig Distillery was officially founded in 1815 in the south of the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay. At the time of Prohibition, the distillery's whiskey was sold as medicine, which explains the appearance and features of the whiskeys. In 1994 the distillery received the 'Royal Warrant' from King Charles III. presented. He appreciates the smoky single malt whiskey from Laphroaig and visits the distillery regularly. Laphroaig means something like "the beautiful hollow on the wide bay".
Laphroaig 10 years matured the entire time in ex-bourbon casks. Bottled at 40 vol. % alcohol.
Nose: Sweet with herbs, medicinal peat smoke, seaweed, iodine and some oak.
Taste: herbal honey and delicate spices, rusks and burnt grain, maritime smoke.
