Content with the tag: Bessie Williamson

Laphroaig 40 YO, 1960

Pro­duced using dis­till­ing meth­ods first estab­lished in 1815, Laphroaig 40 Year Old was laid down by the only lady dis­tillers and dis­tillery own­ers, Bessie Williamson. Known and respected for her vision and love of Laphroaig, Bessie used Euro­pean oak to…

Laphroaig Distillery

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…