Laphroaig Williamson 8 Year Old 41.6%

£54.95

£65.94 (Incl. VAT)

 
£54.95

£65.94 (Incl. VAT)

 

This is lovely dram with an unknown history. We are all about transparency even when the story behind the whisky is pretty unclear!

At Uncharted Whisky we do a lot of cask tasting, re-racking, finishing, and blending casks together to create whiskies we are proud to sell. Sometimes, we get a chance to pick up something weird that we don’t have to do much to at all. That’s what happened here. 

We were offered a really small amount of this Islay liquid- the out-turn was 150 bottles plus a few we opened for sampling at the Islay festival Feis Ile. However, there was very little information available about it. There wasn’t much of it, it’s ABV was low (making it unsuitable for further maturation), and there was no record of what different wood types had been used for maturation. On sampling, there is a strong sherry influence so it is likely that both ex-bourbon and sherry casks were used for maturation but we had to make our decision purely on the quality of the dram in glass. On tasting it, we immediately knew we were going to bottle it. Rich sherry influence layered over the classic Laphroaig-esque character at an absolutely quaffable ABV. 

Rich coal skuttle aromas, a seaside swish, and cooked peaches underneath- it was hard to say no. Sadly, there’s not much of it so these 150 bottles won’t last long.

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Distillery: Laphroaig
Region: Islay
Size: 70cl
ABV: 41.6%
Age: 8 Year Old
Shipping Weight: 2kg
 

Country,Scotland
Region,Islay
Distillery,Laphroaig
Cask Description,Hogshead
Year Distilled,
Year Bottled,2025
Age,8 Year Old
Cask/Batch No,UC050
Size,70cl
ABV,41.6%
Shipping Weight,2kg

Nose
The first thing is smoke in healthy measures- ash of last nights fire mingled with a salty seaside swish. Beneath that the rich sherry sweetness.

Palate

Smoky without being medicinal. Sweet with berries, barbequed peaches, smoke, and a viscous mouthfeel.

Finish

The smoke mellows out without disappearing. The cooked fruit flavour hangs around before leaving the oceanic and sweet oak notes to finish. Moreish would be an understatement! 

Laphroaig is located on Islay’s south coast and was founded by farmers Donald and Alexander Johnston in 1815. Named after its position ‘broad hollow by the bay’ the distillery remained in family ownership for over a hundred and thirty years. Back in the early days word spread of this particularly delicious whisky with it’s soft, peaty water source and the farmers quickly realised distilling was a more lucrative proposition.

Laphroaig is now owned by Beam Suntory and is the largest seller of single malt whisky on Islay. The distillery’s production capacity is 3.3 million litres of alcohol and with 34 mashes per week it has been running at full capacity for a number of years. The whisky is know for its smoky style which is individual and unique. Being so close to the coast the the peat used to smoke the barley has a higher moss content which adds to its distinctive character. Interestingly a great series of bottling’s named The Ian Hunter Story have been introduced which pay homage to the last of the Johnston family to own Laphroaig. In 2022 book four of the five Ian Hunter Story series was released.

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