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Laphroaig Distillery

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The Laphroaig dis­tillery (the name means “the beau­ti­ful hol­low by the broad bay”) was estab­lished in 1815, by Alex and Don­ald John­ston. The ‘John­ston’ broth­ers were actu­ally McCabes, of the Clan Don­ald, who changed their names fol­low­ing the failed Jacobite…