Whisky Reviews

It is abundantly clear to me that Big Alcohol has an army of clever marketers who could spin straw into gold, sell sand to the Arabs. Each time LVM...

  Today kicks off Scotch 101 Week on my account. For the next five days, I’m going to be talking about the lingo and various regional idiosyncras...

  2021 Holiday Shopping Lists, the Single Malts: Lagavulin 16 & Offerman Edition 11 Guinness Cask Finish“Maybe a drink will help? Put some al...

  Lagavulin 12yo, b.2015, 56.8% abv.The 15th release of the laga 12 in Diageo's Special Releases.Nose: a lot of peat, major wood, with longer dee...

  Lagavulin 12, 2013, 55.1% abv.This vat of refill American Oak casks was released as part of Diageo's 13th Special Releases range.Nose: smoke, w...

  Lagavulin 8, 200th Anniversary, 46% abv.This is a revisit. To celebrate their 200th anniversary, Lagavulin released a special 8 year scotch bas...

  Lagavulin 12, 2011, 57.5% abv.Nose: generally sweet, wood, smoke, salty, cereal, light fruit, grapes, grass. With time the smoke, salt, light f...

  Lagavulin, Bottled Especially to Celebrate Islay Jazz Festival 2016, 4553/6000, 54.5% abv.Supposedly a vat with a majority of 15 year matured i...

  Lagavulin, Bottled Especially to Celebrate Islay Jazz Festival 2017 Jazz Festival, 2196/6000, 57.6% abv.Matured in refill american hogshead and...

  Lagavulin 12, 2016, 57.7% abv.The 15th release of the laga 12 in Diageo's Special Releases.Nose: light to moderate levels of peat, quite meaty....

  Lagavulin The Distiller's Edition, Double Matured, 16 years, 2016, lgv. 4/505, 43% abv.Double matured in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks and bears t...

Lagavulin 8, 200th anniversary, 46% abv.To celebrate their 200th anniversary, Lagavulin released a special 8 year scotch based on an event that ...