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SMWS 29.290: Laphroaig

“Love it / hate it” · Past release, no longer on sale
Love it / hate it - SMWS 29.290Sold outMar 2023
29.290

Love it / hate it

SMWS regionIslay
Age11 years
ABV61.4%
Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 29
DistilleryLaphroaig
RegionIslay

In short · Laphroaig (Islay), 11 years.

“Limited to 1 Bottle per Member A fantastically pure and vividly expressive example of this Islay legend, we felt this second fill barrel left the distillate character…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 29.290 is a single cask of Laphroaig, in the Islay region, 11 years old, bottled at 61.4%, released in the Mar 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 29.x is from Laphroaig.

How the price compares
At £95, this 11-year-old cost more than all 6 Laphroaig bottlings aged 9–11 released 2021–2025 that we hold. They ranged from £75 to £89, with a median of £85.
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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