This Single Malt Islay Scotch Whisky from Laphroaig has been resting for 33 years, waiting for the perfect time to bottle it. Matured in a selection of ex-Bourbon American oak casks and Hogshead European oak casks matured in Sherry, the whisky is bottled at a fixed gravity for optimum character.
Strong Characters is a series of limited editions, each telling the story of the brave men and women who shaped Laphroaig's inimitable whisky.
The first release tells the story of Donald Johnston, the founding father who created a distillery from scratch on farmland on the island of lslay in 1815. Through courageous choices and strong convictions, Donald and his brother Alexander succeeded where others had failed, soon earning a reputation for producing whisky of unparalleled flavour and uncompromising quality.

Ireland and Scotland have always contended over the paternity of the invention of whisky, however, there are no official documents and we will not go into this centuries-old dispute, but will rely on...

Peat whisky offers great emotions, unmistakable flavours and smells that enrapture us and that, when combined with the scents given by oak wood, create new horizons of taste. But what is peat and where...

Islay is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, in Scotland, and is known as the 'Queen of the Hebrides' (Banrìgh nan Eilean). It has a total area of 600 km², with just over 3 000 inhabitants, and...
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