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SMWS 29.274: Laphroaig

“Rage, rage against the dying of the light” · Past release, no longer on sale
Rage, rage against the dying of the light - SMWS 29.274Sold outDec 2020
29.274

Rage, rage against the dying of the light

SMWS regionIslay
Age25 years
ABV54.6%
Outturn217 bottles
CaskRefill ex-bourbon hogshead
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 29
DistilleryLaphroaig
RegionIslay

In short · Laphroaig (Islay), 25 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member The nose was initially clean and vividly saline.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 29.274 is a single cask of Laphroaig, in the Islay region, 25 years old, bottled at 54.6%, released in the Dec 2020 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 29.x is from Laphroaig.

How the price compares
At £335, this 25-year-old cost less than 7 of the 8 Laphroaig bottlings aged 23–27 released 2022–2026 that we hold. They ranged from £335 to £625, with a median of £445.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Laphroaig

Since 1815, on Islay's southern shore, Laphroaig has made the most divisive dram in Scotch, a great medicinal wave of iodine, tar, seaweed and bonfire smoke that you either fall for hard or flee. There is no polite version. It carries a Royal Warrant, and its Friends of Laphroaig each hold a token square foot of the island, the rent paid in a dram. Beam Suntory's.

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