Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength - Batch 016

Note: the real 'RRP' of this bottle is >£70, but we're matching the current massive discount as currently presented on Master of Malt here

Laphroaig is at once one of the best selling single malts in the world, and a cult whisky that happily plays up to its Marmite-esque ‘love it or hate it’ reputation. The distillery still runs traditional malting floors (four of them!), providing an impressive 20% of their not insignificant requirements rather than solely relying on specialist maltsters. Only about ten distilleries in Scotland do this to any extent, so it’s not only unusual for one of the big boys, but is something that sets them apart from their heavily peated Kildalton neighbours (Ardbeg and Lagavulin) on the south coast of Islay.

This is also natural cask strength i.e. the whisky hasn’t been diluted at all after coming out of the cask (bourbon barrels here). Weighing in at nearly 60% ABV, that may cause either excitement (those on the last live tasting?) or a little trepidation! Remember you can always add a splash of water!