If there’s one constant among the elder statesmen scotch whisky distilleries, it’s that they tend to begin with a proud family history. So it was with Islay peat-masters Laphroaig, founded in 1815 by ...

For fans of Laphroaig, peat has always been a part of the game. The historic distillery—one of nine active on the Scottish island of Islay—is known for balancing peated malt with a wide array of other ...

More than 200 years after it began distilling whisky on the south coast of Islay, Laphroaig is releasing what the distillery claims to be its “richest” expression yet: Lore. With no age statement on ...

For more than two decades, John Campbell was the steady hand behind one of Scotland’s most famous names in whisky. As the only Islay native ever to serve as distillery manager at Laphroaig, he spent ...

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