Lagavulin Offerman Edition Guinness Cask Finish

Vanilla, sugar cookie, smoked kelp nose. Mouth: typical Lagavulin 16 antiseptic and peat but rounder and less intense (the Guinness barrels cut those notes for sure), coffee, chocolate, and a hint of mint. Sweet and briny finish with lingering vanilla and peat finish. I really expected to dislike the sweetness in this scotch, but feel it makes this more accessable to drinkers who get scared away by the strong peat/ smoke Islay scotch. It is a unique whisky and definitely worth trying

Nose is chocolate,creamed coffee and briny meat almost like a bone broth scent. Tastes like chocolate candy, malted milk balls-Whoppers. Definitely smoke there but not overpowering, bit of a medicinal flavor too. Solid

Subtle chocolate and peat notes with a hint of sweetness and heat.

Very light amber color, almost more yellow. The aroma is heavy with the smoky peat. Some lighter grass and vanilla notes in the background. The first taste is brown sugar with pepper notes. As you let it work in the mouth the malty notes of the Guinness come through subtly along with some smoke. The finish is warm and toasty. It’s a bit less peaty than other Lagavulin’s I’ve had, but for me that is a good thing. Very pleasant, just enough complexity to be interesting, but not some of the more off putting notes of some of its cousins.