Laphroaig 30 yo 43% ~ early 2000s vs Lagavulin 30 yo 1976 / 2006 52.6%
Laphroaig 30 yo 43% ~ early 2000s Yes, as deeply tarry and anaerobic as peat comes, with a real old earthy funk. Old workbenches with a veneer of saturated grease … Continue reading
Lagavulin 12yo Special Release 2019 56.5% vs Pulteney 12yo 2008 / 2020 Nectar 57.5%
In memory of those who went before their time. Pulteney 12yo 2008 / 2020 Nectar 57.5% I have questions on where the production of this unspeakably underrated malt goes, seeing … Continue reading
Glentauchers-Glenlivet 38 yo 1976 / 2015 Cadenhead 50.8% vs Lagavulin 20 yo Feis Ile 2020 54%
Glentauchers-Glenlivet 38 yo 1976 / 2015 Cadenhead 50.8% I love this nose, with its holy trinity of maturity, reticent oak and good spirit. First off its ancient panels gleaming in … Continue reading
Lagavulin Distiller’s Edition 1994 / 2010 lgv.4/498 43% vs Lagavulin Friends of the Classic Malts 12 yo 1995 / 2008 48%
Lagavulin Distiller’s Edition 1994 / 2010 lgv.4/498 43% Anyone familiar with the standard 16 yo would find this very similar, with expected earthy peat, black tea, gritty burnt herbs, stained … Continue reading
Lagavulin 25 yo 200th Anniversary 51.7% ~2016 vs Lagavulin 30 yo 52.6% ~ 2006
Lagavulin 25 yo 200th Anniversary 51.7% ~2016 Big meaty nose with sear and burnt bits. A lot of wood in this Lagavulin so much so that its vaunted grizzled oiliness … Continue reading
Lagavulin 12 yo Carpano Import 43% vs Lagavulin 15 yo ceramic decanter 45%
Lagavulin 12 yo Carpano Import 43% ~ clear glass white label early 70s bottling Big whisky even at 43%. Salty, sooty and greasy. Chock full of little phenolic notes from … Continue reading
Lagavulin 10 yo 1988 / 1998 Horae Solaris Moon Import 50% vs Lagavulin 1988 Samaroli 56%
Lagavulin 10 yo 1988 / 1998 Horae Solaris Moon Import 50% I know the thing about Lagavulin and its consistent style, but there is so very little in this nose … Continue reading
Lagavulin Feis Ile 2013 vs Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2013
Feis Ile is an annual Islay Festival that draws crowds to an otherwise much quieter Islay to celebrate music, Scottish culture and especially in the last decade, the whisky of … Continue reading
Kilchoman Machir Bay vs Lagavulin 8 yo ‘200th Anniversary’
Young peated Islay. Kilchoman is still the newest distillery on Islay, built 2005, last time anyone tried to do so was some 120 year prior. The trend is not lost … Continue reading
Lagavulin line up: Lagavulin 16 ~2016 vs Lagavulin 16 White Horse early 90s vs Lagavulin12 geen glass cream label vs Lagavulin 12 clear glass white label
Glorious Lagavulin. This represents the standard ‘entry’ Lagavulins from today to the 70s. A line up I have been meaning to do for some time. No other reason but oh … Continue reading
Classic of Islay (Lagavulin) #1964 vs Lagavulin 7 yo Jack Wieber vs Lagavulin 12 yo 2015 annual release
So I had done this over the weekend, figuring to put it aside as I just posted on the utterly bespoke Boyao Zhao, and really .. how many mad people … Continue reading
Lagavulin 23 yo 1992/2016 ‘Selected by Boyao Zhao’ #5745 vs Lagavulin Feis Ile 1991/2015
So no waffling about. Everyone who tunes in onto whisky news knows how big a deal it is to have a cask of Lagavulin issued for you. Or a new issue … Continue reading
Laphroaig 32yo 2015 vs Lagavulin 37yo 1976/2013
It’s great that Laphroaig has enough old stock to be able to issue specials like this <fairly> recent 32 year old. We will just have to accept the pricing that … Continue reading
Lagavulin Feis Ile 2013 51% vs Laphroaig 15yo 1998/2013 Signatory for The Whisky Exchange 60.8%
It is International Whisky Day 27th March, the one and only genuine whisky day because it was not birthed from the grey goo of commercial intent mixed with a less … Continue reading
Lagavulin 12 yo 2014 Special Release, 54.4%
This Lagavulin features in every Diageo special release as an affordable entry level bottle. 2014 saw both a 12 yo cask strength and a 37 year old, that’s 2 Lagavulins … Continue reading
Lagavulin 12 yo 2011 release
I have this one on the shelf and had completely forgotten about it! I will be in Islay for the Lagavulin Jazz Festival, so now seems as good a time … Continue reading
Lagavulin 1985/2007, 21 yo OB, 56.5%
Post number 100! Something special then. I have quoted the William Black quote found on Lagavulin bottles before, but I’ve also often wondered what the original source material was. Today … Continue reading
Lagavulin vs itself
Standing in front of my whisky shelf I realize I have more Lagavulin open than any other distillery. 5 open bottles vs 2 for Laphroaig, 2 Mortlach, 2 Clynelish, 2 … Continue reading
Lagavulin 1997/2013 ‘Distillers Edition’
Lagavulin DE got a facelift, check out the pretty new bottle! Lagavulin ‘The Distillers Edition’ 1997/2013, lgv. 4/502, 43% Nose: Lagavulin-esque. Immediately dry smoke, coastal scents, rubber, seaweed and … Continue reading
LG1 (Lagavulin)
LG1 So this is the first Lagavulin in Specialty Drink’s Elements range. I bought 2 of these when it first came out and immensely regret not getting more. Its only … Continue reading
Lagavulin 16
Happy Chinese New Year! As this is the year of the Horse What better way for Whiskyrific to welcome it with Lagavulin 16. Loch water rushing over rocksy falls, barley … Continue reading
Popping the bottle
So begins my new blog – my first ever blog. Should I attempt to lay out the scope of the blog (whisky? whiskEy?), or set parameters and policy statement? Aha … Continue reading
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