An update from John Campbell, manager of Laphroaig Distillery 

It’s not long before I’ll be crossing the Atlantic for our live broadcast from New York!

I hope you are all planning to join us for Laphroaig Live 2013, we’ll be live online on Thursday 26th September at 8pm EST – you can check what time the show will begin in your country here.

The Laphroaig Live website contains a profile of each of this year’s four panellists (hopefully you will know me at the very least!) and a downloadable version of the tasting mat that we will be using in the show.

I know that some of you like to join in the tastings from home with friends, here’s a reminder of the whiskies that we will be sampling live:

• Laphroaig Quarter Cask
• Laphroaig QA Cask
• Laphroaig Cairdeas 2013
• Maker’s 46

As always, we all welcome questions and comments from Friends of Laphroaig and will try and respond to as many of you as we can during the show. If you do have a burning Laphroaig related question, this is the time to ask! You may even get something special for your question.

We couldn’t visit the home of the cocktail without experiencing the huge renaissance of Laphroaig being used in the latest creations. Our bartender will be creating some of these exciting cocktails and the panel will get a chance to experience tasting Laphroaig in a very different way. You can join us by downloading the cocktail recipes, which includes the Smoking Gun, Penicillin and the Honey Badger, from www.laphroaig.com/live and create them at home to enjoy along with us.

I hope as many of you as possible can watch online in a couple of weeks at www.laphroaig.com/live, and please do add your questions and comments on Facebook and Twitter.

Slàinte,

John Campbell
Distillery Manager, Laphroaig

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Miner’s Delight Inn, 2nd Saturday, every month, 6 – 9 p.m.

No reservation required for tastings, but we appreciate advance notice for groups

Here’s what you get for $25:

♦ 5 half-ounce pours of single malt Scotch whisky:

♦♦ 3 Saturday features, including the Publican’s Pick *

♦♦ You roll a die and pick a whisky from 1 of 6 Scotch regions

♦♦ Pick your Connoisseur’s Choice from our single malt menu

♦ Hors d’oeuvres to cleanse your palate between pours