pkingmartin
Lagavulin Offerman Edition Guinness Cask Finish
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
June 5, 2021 (edited June 8, 2021)
The nose starts with a light peat smoke wrapped around dark semi sweet baking chocolate covered pretzels, then rubber and ocean brine before transitioning to caramelized apples along with dark roasted coffee beans that finishes with caramel gelato, ginger, and cloves with light ethanol bite.
The taste starts with a medium mouthfeel starting with semi sweet dark chocolate covered pretzels, rubber and ocean brine then light peat smoked caramelized apples, espresso affogato, ginger and cloves with light ethanol burn that finishes medium length with dark chocolate covered pretzels, caramelized apples, espresso, caramel flan, ginger and cloves.
Compared to the 16 this shows its youth with a lighter color and more astringent nose and taste that replaces the old tannic wood notes of the 16 with caramel and espresso notes coming from the Guinness finish. This is a very enjoyable drink and easy sipper with loads of dark semi-sweet chocolate, espresso, light peat and malty notes, but I think the 16 is better VFM and a superior whisky overall.
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I have a bottle of this going now and while good I think the 16 is far superior. This is kinda thin
@pkingmartin To be fair, this wasn’t the first dram of the night, so my judgment was likely impacted. Yes, more ‘research’ is necessary.
@ctbeck11 I remember that too. I had it with a pour of the 16 last night and found the opposite. I think we’ll have to get together and compare them again.
I remember this having a thicker mouthfeel than the 16 year when we compared them initially. Glad some of that Guinness influence presented itself.