Laphroaig is a whisky distillery on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay and is owned by the Japanese-American Beam Suntory Group. The distillery buildings are listed on the Scottish Heritage List. During the production of Laphroaig, barley malt is dried over a peat fire. The smoke from this peat, which can only be found on Islay, gives Laphroaig its particularly rich flavour.

The Ian Hunter Story comprises a total of five editions, which are published annually. Book 4: Malt Master is the fourth and penultimate instalment in this series. The fourth part is dedicated to the establishment of the malting floors. The distillery still produces its own barley malt there as the basis for its excellent whiskies. The packaging of the Laphroaig not only resembles a book, it can actually be opened and the history of the distillery is told in a total of 15 pages.

This 34-year-old whisky is initially matured in American white oak bourbon barrels. The single malt is finished in European first-fill Oloroso sherry casks before being bottled at 46.2 per cent by volume.