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Review #117: Game of Thrones “House Lannister” Lagavulin

4/10. Nose: Smoke, banana bread, pink, short lived bubble gum that you get at a ballpark. Palate: Honey, astringently oaky, smoke and waves of banana bread.

Cocktails

Douglas Cocktail

Peaty cocktail featuring Lagavulin 16 from L’Abbattoir

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Lagavulin Vertical Tasting: Which Lagavulin Bottling is the Best?

Vertical tasting of multiple Lagavulin bottles to determine our favorites

Exclusive Malts Isle of Islay (left) and Lagavulin 16 (right). Darker color on the Exclusive Malts because of the pure sherry cask.

Whisky Reviews

Review #18: Exclusive Malts – Isle of Islay

“Port Ellen Movie Theater” - a beautiful peat-and-sherry bomb

Two bottles of Whisky with two glasses in between and a bar behind.

Whisky Reviews

Review #17: Lagavulin 2018 Feis

Tasting Notes for Lagavulin 2018 Feis (18 year old)

Two bottles next to each other with glasses between in front of a backlit bar.

Whisky Reviews

Review #16: Lagavulin Distiller’s Edition 2017

Tasting Notes for 4/506 Batch of Lagavulin Distiller’s Edition 2017

Four bottles of whisky in front of one glass of whisky

Whisky Reviews

Review #14: Lagavulin 16

We review the classic, balanced Lagavulin 16 Whisky

Woman in front of wall next to Lagavulin sign with buildings behind

Distillery Reviews

Lagavulin Distillery and Sensory Tour

Our trip to Lagavulin for the Sensory Tour

Cocktail next to a bottle of Lagavulin and a Hawthorne strainer

Cocktails

Islay Rob Roy

The classic - with a peaty Lagavulin 16 base

Cocktail with a long stem in front of bottle of liqueur

Cocktails

Lion and the Rose

Supremely simple, delicious cocktail

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