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Laphroaig Cairdeas Quarter Cask / Feis Ile 2017

Lot: 327134

Laphroaig Cairdeas Quarter Cask / Feis Ile 2017

Winning Bid: £120

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Laphroaig
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
N/A
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
Quarter Cask
Bottled Strength: 
57.2%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Laphroaig Cairdeas Quarter Cask / Feis Ile 2017

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.

Cairdeas, pronounced [car-chuss] means "friendship" in Gaelic. These are released annually as distillery exclusives and for the Friends of Laphroaig group. Some early releases were labelled as Feis Ile exclusives and although this is no longer expressly stated, due to the time of year in which they become available, they are still considered as spiritual Feis Ile releases.

The idea behind quarter cask maturation is that the smaller the cask, the more wood is in contact with the whisky leading to more intense maturation and flavours. This was fully matured in American oak in Laphroaig's Warehouse No.1.

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