Editing Laphroaig distillery (section)

{{short description|Scotch whisky distillery on Islay, Scotland}}
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{{Infobox Scottish Distillery
| Name        = Laphroaig distillery
| Type        = Islay
| Image       = Laphroaig 10YO.JPG
| Image size  = 250
| Caption     = Laphroaig Whisky
| Location    = [[Port Ellen]]
| Owner       = [[Suntory Global Spirits]]
| Founded     = 1815<ref name=LaphroaigHistory/>
| Status      = Operational
| Source      = The Kilbride Dam
| Mothballed  =
| Stills      = 3 wash<br />4 spirit<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whisky.com/whisky-database/distilleries/details/laphroaig.html|title=Laphroaig|website=www.whisky.com}}</ref>
| Capacity    = 3,300,000 litres<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whiskymag.com/story/laphroaig:-its-all-about-the-peat|title=Laphroaig|publisher=The Whisky Mag}}</ref>
| Brand 1     = Laphroaig
| Type 1      =
| Age 1       = 10-year-old<br />10-year-old ([[cask strength]])<br />10-year-old sherry oak finish<br />Lore<br />Select<br />Quarter Cask<br />Càirdeas<br />15-year-old (re-released 2015)<br />18-year-old (discontinued 2015)<ref name="nrothbaum"/><br />25-year-old<br />27-year-old<br />30-year-old<br />32-year-old<br />40-year-old
| Cask 1      = [[Oak|American Oak]] [[Bourbon whiskey|Bourbon]]<br />Oak Quarter Cask<br />[[Oak|European Oak]] [[Oloroso|Oloroso sherry]]
| ABV 1       = 40%<br />43%<br />48%<br />55.3%
|image=Laphroaig Distillery - geograph.org.uk - 2531274.jpg}}

'''Laphroaig distillery''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Laphroaig.ogg|l|ə|ˈ|f|r|ɔɪ|ɡ}} {{respell|lə|FROYG|'}})<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jhb/whisky/pronounc.html | title=Pronunciation of Scotch Whiskys | access-date=19 April 2006 | author=John Butler|publisher=School of Informatics, [[University of Edinburgh]]}}</ref> is a [[Single malt Scotch|single malt]] [[Scotch whisky]] distillery on [[Islay]], Scotland. It is situated on the south coast of the island, near [[Port Ellen]], at the head of a small bay known as Loch Laphroaig. The [[Lagavulin distillery|Lagavulin]] and [[Ardbeg distillery|Ardbeg]] distilleries are close by.

The distillery and brand are owned and operated by [[Suntory Global Spirits]], a subsidiary of [[Suntory Holdings]] of [[Osaka, Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/suntory-buying-spirits-maker-beam-1362b-21511040|title=Business Index|website=ABC News}}</ref>