Tastes

All time favorite? Might be, regardless of price! Absolutely a beautiful combo of salt, smoke and sweet (sweet savory like a ham cooked with a good amount of brown sugar) with a barely there but long smoke/seaweed finish. Incredibly smooth with such bold flavors. If you love smoke buy this by the barrel. If you aren’t sure then buy a bottle. If you don’t like smoke but never had this then find a friend and try it. If you have had this and you don’t like it then invite me over and I’ll drink it for you.

Heavy smoke, medicinal flavor (in a good way if that can make sense) and clean. This one is tough for me to describe but I absolutely love it

Thought it was great that Lagavulin went this way for a limited anniversary dram. Went through one bottle and had to search a bit to fine it again and bought the 3 bottles they had left. One of my favorites I’ve had ever. Heavy on the peat smoke, but light and beautiful with a bit of minty finish (if I look for it at least). I’ve only had Lag 16 once but this reminds me of it if a bit sharper. Overall a great at any reasonable price but out of this world at the ~$55 they are charging for it. Get it while you can if you like smoke or Lagavulin

Little smoke, decent amount of pear/apple but mainly its sweet with a touch of smoke and salt. It’s good but not out of this world. It’s biggest issue for me may have been that I expected so much but for ~$36 it is an excellent whiskey though for about $10-15 more (in my area) there are many many more ingesting and better options.