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Lagavulin Vertical Tasting: Which Lagavulin Bottling is the Best?

Vertical tasting of multiple Lagavulin bottles to determine our favorites

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

Review #92: Glenallechie 10 Cask Strength
2020-01-15
GlenAllechie reopened in 1985, and went independent in 2017. The 2018 releases we tasted were the first released since their transition in ownership. […]
Review #91: Plantation Single Cask 2 Guatemala XO Review
2020-01-12
We tasted six Plantation rums. The Guatemalan expression is finished in Amburana, a South American wood. The dosage was also relatively light, at 8 g/L […]
Review #90: Plantation Single Cask Barbados XO Amburana Finish Review
2020-01-07
A few months back, we did a vertical tasting of […]
Queen’s Bee Storm
2020-01-04
The Queen's Bee storm is another in a series of quick to make champagne cocktails that are ideal for brunch. The drink is a riff on the Groovy Appeal. […]
Review #89: DOK 1489 Trelawny (Hampden) Review
2020-01-03
The DOK rum, clocks in with roughly 4X the ester count of Smith and Cross. It's also unaged, and 69% ABV. Not a good "intro to rum" type spirit. […]
Review #88: Samaroli Jamaica Rhapsody
2020-01-02
Samaroli Jamaica Rhapsody is one of those bottles that rum nerds whisper about. For the uninitiated, Samaroli is an independent bottler located in Scotland […]
Review #87: Virginia Distilling Brewers Batch
2019-12-30
The whisky is 100% malt, and is a blend of sourced Scottish whisky and some distilled on site. It's finished for a year in casks that used to hold ale. […]
Review #86: Ardbeg Kelpie
2019-12-26
Okay, I'll be honest: I have been searching for a […]