Laphroaig is supposed to have been founded in 1815 by the brothers Alex and Donald Johnston. The distillery is located on the south coast of Islay, near the port town of Port Ellen. In the last century it was a Whisky that mainly went to blenders, but since the nineties Laphroaig gained popularity very quickly as a single malt. The peated malt is 20% sourced from the own malt floors, the rest from the Port Ellen malt
house. This Whisky, firmly peated Whisky has had a full aging on bourbon barrels.
