Lagavulin 1995 Distillers Edition

Lagavulin 11 Year Old Offerman 2nd Edition Guinness Cask Finish

At the end of last year I tasted the first release of the Lagavulin Offerman Edition, named after Nick Offerman, American actor and comedian who makes no secret of the fact that he loves to drink Lagavulin. He even had this included in the script by the screenwriters of the TV series Parks & Recreation, so that his character Ron Swanson also...

Score 87/100

Lagavulin 2003 Distillers Edition

Lagavulin is sometimes described as the ‘Aristocrat of Islay’. This whisky is so popular that the distillery sometimes has to cope with stock shortages. It is, by the way, the Lagavulin Distillers Edition, of which I have tried the most expressions. Seven so far and today I will put the 8th and 9th head-to-head. I will start by trying this one...

Score 88/100

Lg2 - Elements of Islay

Having just tasted both White Horse and Lagavulin 16 together, I couldn't resist this one. This is from the Elements of Islay range, an independently bottled series of Islay malts, no age statement, cask-strength, non-coloured, non-chill-filtered, and approved by a specific expert on Islay whiskies. They are always from batches of between 5 and 20...

Score 89/100

Lagavulin 16 Year Old

I seem to be on a bit of a whisky-family trend so will stay with the theme. This is the third of my Islay malts and the one I most looked forward to tasting. It reminds me of an older uncle in a dinner suit. Worldly, experienced, sophisticated but a little slow now and not into late nights. I made notes when I first opened the bottle and again...

Score 87/100