Laphroaig Cairdeas Master, Origin & Ileach Edition
Lot number: 311171
Winning bid: £310
The Master edition of Cairdeas, which means 'friendship' in Gaelic, is a masterful harmony of spirit ranging from 11 to 19 years of age. It was specifically selected by Laphroaig Master Blender Robert Hicks in celebration of the 2010 Feis Ile and Friends of Laphroaig worldwide. 70cl bottle, 57.3%ABV.
Origin celebrates 18 years of the Friends of Laphroaig programme. The 2012 bottling combines some of the original liquid used to first create Cairdeas, further matured with newer Laphroaig spirit that has been matured in quarter casks.
70cl and bottled at 51.2%ABV.
This 2011 bottling of Cairdeas - which means "friendship" in Gaelic, was created to celebrate Friends worldwide and the traditional art of cask selection. This edition has been crafted by the first Islay-born Laphroaig Master Distiller, John Campbell, and is so named Ileach, or "native of Islay" in Gaelic. 70cl bottled at 50.5%ABV.