Laphroaig Distillery
Kildalton shore, Islay, Scotland · established 1815
- Owner
- Suntory Global Spirits
- Stills
- 3 wash, 4 spirit
- Water
- Kilbride Dam
- House style
- Medicinal — iodine, TCP, seaweed, tarry rope, with vanilla from first-fill bourbon
- Peat
- 42 PPM — Roughly 40–45ppm; part of the malt still comes from its own floor maltings
The story
Bessie Williamson ran Laphroaig from the 1950s into the 1970s — one of the only women to manage a Scotch distillery in that era. It was also famously sold legally in the US during Prohibition as a 'medicinal' spirit, the story goes, because of how it smelled.
Tours
- Distillery tour — Includes the floor maltings and peat kiln
- Friends of Laphroaig plot — Claim your square foot of Islay and your annual rent dram
Around Laphroaig
- Three Distilleries Path (Walk) — Starts at Port Ellen, first stop Laphroaig
- Mull of Oa — American Monument (Landmark) — Cliff-top memorial to the Tuscania and Otranto disasters of 1918
- Singing Sands (Beach) — Small beach near Port Ellen lighthouse
Laphroaig bottlings (61)
- Laphroaig Càirdeas French Oak (2026) 2026 · 52.6% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Lore Cask Strength (2025) 2025 · 59.6% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Cask Favourites (2024) 2024 · 52.4% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 017 2024 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas White Port & Madeira (2023) 2023 · 52.3% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 015 2023 · 10 years · 56.5% ABV · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 016 2023 · 10 years · 58.5% ABV · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Warehouse 1 (2022) 2022 · 48.8% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 014 2022 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas PX Cask (2021) 2021 · 58.9% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 013 2021 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Port & Wine (2020) 2020 · 52% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 012 2020 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Triple Wood (2019) 2019 · 59.5% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 011 2019 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Fino (2018) 2018 · 51.8% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 010 2018 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Cask Strength Quarter Cask (2017) 2017 · 57.2% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 009 2017 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Madeira (2016) 2016 · 51.6% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 008 2016 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas 200th Anniversary (2015) 2015 · 51.5% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 007 2015 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Amontillado (2014) 2014 · 51.4% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 006 2014 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Port Wood (2013) 2013 · 51.3% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 005 2013 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Origin (2012) 2012 · 51.2% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 004 2012 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Ileach (2011) 2011 · 50.5% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 003 2011 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Master Edition (2010) 2010 · 57.3% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 002 2010 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas Fèis Ìle (2009) 2009 · 57.5% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 001 2009 · 10 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Càirdeas (2008) 2008 · 55% ABV · 42 PPM · Friends of Laphroaig / Fèis Ìle
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old 10 years · 40% ABV · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Quarter Cask 48% ABV · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Lore 48% ABV · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig The Cask Lore 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Triple Wood 48% ABV · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig PX Cask 48% ABV · 42 PPM · Travel retail
- Laphroaig Select 40% ABV · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig 10 Year Old Sherry Oak Finish 10 years · 48% ABV · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig 15 Year Old (200th Anniversary) 15 years · 43% ABV · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig 16 Year Old 16 years · 48% ABV · 42 PPM · Travel retail
- Laphroaig 18 Year Old 18 years · 48% ABV · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig 25 Year Old 25 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig 32 Year Old 32 years · 42 PPM · 200th anniversary, 2015
- Laphroaig Brodir 48% ABV · 42 PPM · Travel retail
- Laphroaig An Cuan Mòr 48% ABV · 42 PPM · Travel retail
- Laphroaig QA Cask 40% ABV · 42 PPM · Travel retail
- Laphroaig Four Oak 40% ABV · 42 PPM · Travel retail
- Laphroaig 1815 Legacy Edition 48% ABV · 42 PPM · Travel retail
- Laphroaig Elements L1.0 42 PPM
- Laphroaig Elements L2.0 42 PPM
- Laphroaig The Ian Hunter Story Book 1 30 years · 46.7% ABV · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig The Ian Hunter Story Book 2 27 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig The Ian Hunter Story Book 3 33 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig The Ian Hunter Story Book 4 34 years · 42 PPM
- Laphroaig The Ian Hunter Story Book 5 34 years · 45.5% ABV · 42 PPM
Official site: laphroaig.com