This is the man who shaped us, built us, into what we are today. Ian Hunter resides in the soul of our whisky, and in the Laphroaig Ian Hunter Book 4: Malt Master, we honour his memory with a whisky every bit as rare and distinctive as he. A tribute to Hunters love for being boldly different, this is a whisky with real character born of the signature Laphroaig peat.

He was an uncommon soul, with his own distinct manners and moods, not too unlike the whisky he gave to the world. We honour his memory with this series of rare and collectable aged whiskies in his name. Book 4, the latest in our limited series, celebrates Ian Hunters establishing of our malting floors and his legacy as the Malt Master of Laphroaig.

Ian secured the distillerys lease in 1922, broke into America in the time of Prohibition, was the catalyst for a revolution in the use of American White Oak and is the reason why we are still among a handful of distilleries to maintain our own malting floors today. He put his heart and soul into ensuring Laphroaig was a whisky like no other.

In Ian Hunter Book 4 we pay tribute to Ian Hunters dedication to Laphroaig with a whisky every bit as rare and distinctive as he is. This 34-year-old single malt was carefully crafted from our own floor-malted barley and aged in the American White Oak casks Hunter was first to procure. Perhaps not for everyone, but for the discerning few, this will be a taste like no other. We invite you to enjoy.

Tasting Notes:

Colour: Rich honey.

Nose: Rich, with the classic Laphroaig smoke sitting beneath.

Palate: Pineapple and peach notes.

Taste: A long, ashy finish.