LAPHROAIG SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY, AGED 21 YEARS

LAPHROAIG SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY, AGED 21 YEARS, limited edition release to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Friends of Laphroaig, Isle of Islay, 35cl, 45.4% abv, in carton, 3 btls On the far edge of the Scotch whisky map, it's supposed that the art of distillation was first brought to Islay by Irish monks. Being remote, it's an art that flourished in the hands of the islanders, whose illegal operations tested the resolve and means of the tax man. Eventually, the law relaxed, various whisky makers set up legitimate distilleries, among them a pair of farmers, Donald and Alexander Johnston, who in 1815 founded their distillery on the island's south coast. Laphroaig, so called after its location, 'broad hollow by the bay.' It would remain in family hands for the next 139 years. Distilled in 1993, the year before the Friends of Laphroaig was founded, this whisky was maturing whilst the ranks of afficionados swelled to over 650,000 when bottled in 2015