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Laphroaig 1996 Malts of Scotland Brandy Hogshead / Lindores Whisky Society

Lot: 273433

Laphroaig 1996 Malts of Scotland Brandy Hogshead / Lindores Whisky Society

Winning Bid: £140

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Laphroaig
Age: 
n/a
Vintage: 
1996
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Malts of Scotland
Cask Type: 
brandy hogshead
Bottled Strength: 
56.2%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Laphroaig 1996 Malts of Scotland Brandy Hogshead / Lindores Whisky Society

 

Malts of Scotland is a German independent bottler, founded in 2005 by whisky enthusiast and connoisseur, Thomas Ewers. The company also bottles rum through its Isla del Ron brand.

This Laphroaig was exclusively produced of the Lindores Whisky Society, a group based in Belgium who took their name from Lindores Abbey, not far from our offices here at Whisky Auctioneer and itself now home to a whisky distillery. The group, formed in 2004 predate the distillery by over a decade!

Distilled on Islay in 1996, this was bottled from a Brandy hogshead in 2014.

Laphroaig is the largest of the three heavyweight Islay distilleries in Kildalton, out-stripping the production capacity of neighbours, Ardbeg and Lagavulin, by over 1 million litres per annum. Despite its traditional appearance, Laphroaig was always a forward-thinking distillery. It was bottled as a single malt as early as the 1920s, an unfashionable option at the time, especially for a peated whisky. They were also shrewd in capitalising on post-Prohibition America to add trademark sweetness to their spirit through the use of imported ex-bourbon casks, and hired Scotland’s first ever female distillery manager, Bessie Williamson, in 1954. Laphroaig is one of only a handful of distilleries in Scotland to still use in-house maltings, providing them with 20% of their annual requirements, and contributing to the distillery’s unique flavour profile.

 

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