Càirdeas—Gaelic for “friendship”—is a special bottling for the Friends of Laphroaig, a group of superfans of this Islay distillery known for producing very smoky whisky. But the bottles in this ...

Welcome to Taste Test, where every week our critic Jonah Flicker explores the most buzzworthy and interesting whiskeys in the world. Check back each Sunday for his latest whiskey review. It takes a ...

Laphroaig unveils the third release in its pioneering Elements Series, a collection of whiskies that experiment with aspects of their production techniques. Now available in the U.S., Elements 3.0 is ...

Whisky making is usually described in the language of heritage, patience, and tradition. But sometimes, an accident can be what creates something special. Laphroaig has unveiled Elements 3.0, the ...

If there’s one constant among the elder statesmen scotch whisky distilleries, it’s that they tend to begin with a proud family history. So it was with Islay peat-masters Laphroaig, founded in 1815 by ...