Lagavulin reviews

If you don't like Lagavulin 16, you don't like scotch.Nose of smoke, the ocean, salt, and wood. This smells like a bonfire at the beach and tastes like it, too with smoke and sea salt on the palate.…

Nose: Burning peat, cayenne pepper, sweet and spicy chipotle peppers, salted pork skins with the fat attached, charred lemons, a raging campfire, heavily smoked fish, buttered burnt toast. Water brings…

Nose: Less peat and smoke than the 12, but certainly not subtle, green tea, charcoal and wood chips, pine needles, sawdust, bitter mint, some brown sugar, highly unripe strawberries, bandages.Taste:…

A whisky of great beauty and power. The strength of the peaty, pungent smoky taste and smell is not something you'll forget and something to savour. If you want a full whisky drinking experience this has…

Nose: At first, nothing but spicy iodine and salt. After about 10 minutes it morphs into sweet chocolate and caramel apple notes.Palate: Very well balanced, smooth body. Salt, a hint of wood as it coats…

My first experience with this wasn't so good. I tried it at a particular bar along with Talisker 10; rather disappointed with both. Not sure if my palate was on strike that day or what. That being said…

As a new whiskey drinker, I decided to add this highly rated drink to my cabinet. I hadn't tasted any Scotch that had peat and smoke in the mix before. Whew! I guess I was a little overwhelmed with the…

If peaty Islay malts were a social click, Lagavulin 16 would be the snarky intellectual of the group. This malt has all of the characteristic peaty punch, but with a refinement and delicacy that some of…

When I first became interested with SMSW, I came across an educational whisky blog (Malt Madness) which provided me with a lot of insights and guidance. One thing that jumped out at me was the story by…

The first whiff of this is big and peaty, just like you would expect. But it's not the raw charcoal peat of most younger Islays. There is a smooth, even sweetness here. Sticking your nose in this glass…