Brian explains that he’s lived his whole life on Islay, never venturing far from the tiny island locality. We mull over pleasantries for a while until I ask him about working at Laphroaig.

Ahead of Burns Night, whisky experts have shared a list of the "best whisky distilleries to visit in 2025" in Scotland — from Dumfries and Galloway to the Hebrides.

Islay, the southernmost island in Scotland ... When it comes to annual releases, Laphroaig Càirdeas is up there—with its worldwide following of whisky obsessives religiously hunting down ...