Scotland, Isle of Islay. Distillery operational. Owner: Beam - Suntory

Few distilleries have inspired as much excitement among collectors as Laphroaig, and this with just a single expression of its single malt, the Laphroaig 10 Year Old. Nonetheless, since the end of WWII, it has released a large number of bottlings, each varying from one market to the next. Its heavily peated style has developed according to the barrels used for maturation (sherry/bourbon). Its ABV, varying from 40% to 60% for its cask strength bottlings, favours one characteristic of its profile over another. And yet, it is still the Laphroaig 10 Year Old and has been for 70 years and counting. This expression forms a collection of its own thanks to its numerous importers and labels, including Filippi Fausto to Bonfanti, Cinzano, R.H.Elsbach & Co and Carlton Import. Laphroaig is, however, also renowned for its outstanding vintages 1960, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980 and 1981 and versions aged 15 - 40 years. All in own, a world of its own.

An Islay single malt distilled at the Laphroaig distillery, aged for at least 10 years and bottled at cask strength in around 2010. This 70cl “Red Stripe” version is available in two bottlings, one with a white foil seal and the other with a green and white foil seal. In 2008 it was released with an ABV of 55.7%. The very first version of this Laphroaig appeared in the mid-1990s marked “Straight From the Wood”. It is known as “Green Stripe”.Bottle equipped with a cork stopper and short green and white foil seal.