Send us a textHistory of distilleryFounded by Donlad and Alexander Johnston in 1815As far as I can tell not related to John Johnston who founded lagavulinStarted as cattle farmers growing barley for the cattleExcess barley used to make whisky, which became more profitable than the cattleNear the Kilbride stream, their water source which has a peaty flavor1836, donald buys out his brother, but passes away in 1847In the 19th century most whiskey was blended, and Laphroaig was used by the mackie family for lagavulin, so much so that they had a hard time keeping up their own production1907, Mackie tries to block up the kilbride to sabotage them after not being able to take so much for his production1908, laphroigs head brewer is taken by lagavulin, who made a replica of Laphroaig to try to make his own for lagavulin, this was Malt millNever really worked1921 the last of the johnston family to take ownership, Ian Hunter, take overA bit of a maverick1923 the distillery doubled in sizeIan also added windows to the malting floor, were he would put fans to bring in the sea air, adding a salty, sea like quality to the malt1935 Bessie Williamson comes to the distillery for the summer to work, she never leavesBecomes the protege for IanIan passes in 1954 and she takes overAround this time they start aging in ex-Bourbon barrels1954-67 the distillery is sold off to Seager Evens and Co. to help the distillery expand out 1994Then Prince Charles gave the distillery his Royal WarrantThey are the only Scottish Distillery to get thisFriends of laphroaig was started as well in 1994Becoming a member bought you a square foot of land on Islay, and as rent for the property, you were rewarded a dram a year2006, john Campbell takes over as distillery manager2022 Barry MacAffer becomes distillery manager, with the blessing of John CampbellThe bottleIn 2004, a special release was sent out just to those that were part of Friends of laphroaig, called Cairdeas, a gaelic word meaning friendship2008 this became a yearly bottlingSupport the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

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