Lagavulin 12 Year Limited Edition

The diageo special releases welcomes back the lagavulin 12 for 2018.
Lagavulin 12 year limited edition. Lagavulin 12 year old scotch. Lagavulin is publicly owned by diageo plc the company formed by the merger of united distillers vintners and guinness the exact ownership structure is kept private. In other words they won t disappoint. It distills spirit that is destined to become islay single malt scotch whisky.
We are finally to the fourth of our planned reviews in the lagavulin series. Lagavulin 16 year is fantastic and is continually stocked in my bar. Lagavulin releases a limited edition whisky every year in conjunction with the islay jazz festival. Lagavulin 8 years is a limited edition whisky put out by the distillery to promote their 200th anniversary.
This is the 18th incarnation of the islay single malt which has only missed the very first edition in 2002. Lagavulin 12 years old limited edition 2019 january 6 2020 a 12 year old version of lagavulin is invariably a part of the diageo special releases though this one isn t going to be available in the u s. Last september there were 6 000 jazz festival bottles available. This one is getting such high marks and is.
Lagavulin 12 2013 edition brought back as an annual limited edition to satisfy the cravings of those who like their peat full on and never understood why lagavulin moved to 16 years of age this is the kildalton coast single malt at its most boisterous. Both lagavulin 12 and 16 year are classy well done scotches backed with 200 years of history. After reviewing the lagavulin 8 year old 16 year old and distillers edition we now finish with the 200 th anniversary limited edition 12 year old laguvulin. Join scott and bart as they do a tasting comparison of the new 2017 lagavulin 12 limited release special edition.
Lagavulin distillery is a malt whisky distillery in the village of lagavulin on the south of the island of islay scotland. Lagavulin islay single malt scotch whisky natural cask strength limited edition 12 years old 2001. The lagavulin 12 year old is a cask strength release bottled at 57 7 abv. This is an interesting move by a distillery to put out something that s younger than its flagship whisky lagavulin 16 to celebrate the milestone most distilleries put out something older or pull from the archives to create something unique and rare so what was the reasoning for.
According to whisky advocate. All were matured in refill.