01-06-2018

Laphroaig commisioned Hans Offringa and me in the fall of 2014 to do an up-date of our first book 'The Legend of Laphroaig' on the occasion of the bicentenary of the distillery.
I researched Laphroaig for over fifteen years, a lot of this research you can read
in the news (scroll down!) and history section of this website.
Hans processed my work in the text and took care of a good bit of Laphroaig as it is today.
I also tracked down every distillery manager from the past.
Besides Laphroaig's history, I supplied all scans, old pictures, maps, bottles
and the majority of the contemporary photographs.
I am especially proud of the Johnston family tree, which took me several years to draft.
Hans had the privilege to publish '200', since I had published 'The Legend' in 2007 (Still Publishing).
'200 years of Laphroaig' was launched November 7th 2015.