Own A Piece Of Laphroaig Land
This is a great idea. I'll have to sign up for this, and start planning on collecting my rent. Here's the detail, pulled from the Laphroaig site:
Your own piece of history
You may have read how the Johnston brothers had to fight three times to protect our precious and unique water supply. The final solution involved buying the land that our water ran through. So we decided that every Friend of Laphroaig should have (for their lifetime) their own personal square foot of Islay from a portion of this land. Each plot is registered and you may visit it (or view your plot on our members website). And more importantly collect your rent from us – a dram of the finest!
But Friends of Laphroaig is about much more than owning land – like Islay itself, it’s about a community – and what a community. Over the years we’ve witnessed some extraordinary events on the hallowed turf. A wedding between two FOLlowers, the scattering of a member’s ashes, even a Japanese ceremonial garden!
But the real day-to-day Laphroaig community lives right here on the Internet. With our new web site we have taken up many of our 'Friends' suggestions and once again expanded the password-protected area. Your Friends section includes:
* My Plot - Here you can to contact like-minded Friends. Whether they share a common interest, live in your hometown, or are 'virtual' neighbours on the plot next door to yours! You can also see aerial photographs which show you exactly where your personal square foot is, and you can see who your plot neighbours are and send messages to them!
* FOL Bureau - Here you can nominate your own friends to become 'FOLs', you can print off your own personalized FOL Business cards, and you can download our special 'Tasting Pack' to help guide you through a whisky tasting session. Here you can also find a copy of your certificate of land ownership with Laphroaig, so you can print it off whenever needs be.
* Distillery News - For up to date reports of all news, progress and events occurring at the distillery
* Chat - An easy to use chat area where are friends from around the world meet and discuss.
* Members Shop - You can buy whisky and merchandise at a special discount and purchase some items that non-members can’t buy at all
* Charity Auction - FOLlowers are exclusively allowed to bid for special items - all proceeds go to our nominated charity.
* World of FOL - A hub for FOLs around the world where you can share news and views that relate only to your own area.
* Writers Corner - Let’s hear about your first Laphroaig or the strangest place you've come across our whisky!
* Friends Photos – A very popular section where FOLs can upload their own pictures to share
* Send an E-card - Whether you wish to send a birthday greeting, a Christmas card, a Valentine or a simple hello, here you can find a good selection of E-cards to send out.
* Lottery - A randomly generated plot number lottery with one catch - the winner has to log in to the FOL site in order to claim their prize. Check back regularly to see if you're the lucky winner!
* Tasting Wheels - Keep track of all the different bottles of Laphroaig you've tasted here. You can also view other FOLs tasting opinions in our Tasting Library.
* Visiting Laphroaig - all the information you need to make the 'ultimate pilgrimage' to meet us (and collect your rent, of course!). You can now book online - Click here
* Caption Contest - We run a range of caption competitions over the year - a new one each month!
* And much, much more, the list is always expanding as you send in your suggestions.
So there’s never been a better time to join - we now number over 250,000 in over 150 countries worldwide!
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