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LAPHROAIG DISTILLERY

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LAPHROAIG DISTILLERY

Medicinal, reminiscent of mouthwash or disinfectant, phenolic, tar-like?  That is the whole point:  the iodine-like, seaweed character of Islay.  The famous Laphroaig attack has diminished a little in recent years, unmasking more of the sweetness of the malt, but it still a very characterful whisky, with a distinctively oily body.  Laphroaig has its own peat-beds on Islay, its own dam on the Kilbride River, a floor maltings at the distillery, and relatively small stills.  Its maturation warehouses face directly on to the sea. 

The distillery was built in the 1820s by the Johnston family, whose name is still on the label.  In 1847 the founder died after falling into a vat of partially made whisky.  In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the distillery was owned by a woman, Miss Bessie Williamson, a glamorous lady, judging from a photograph on the wall.  The romance of the place extends to occasional weddings at the distillery, part of which serves as the village hall.

HOUSE STYLE
Medicinal.  Nightcap.

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