I was so looking forward to this after my 10 day hiatus recovering from daily antihistamines due to an unfortunate misunderstanding between me and about 50 hornets. See, I’m not a bee, Wasp or hornet expert , but I learned something real damn quick. With honeybees, they seem to care less when you’re doing your thing and they’re doing their’s. Just don’t mess with them, and you’re good. Unlike honeybees, wasps and hornets have a mean temper. You so much as even come close to their hive, even if you’re doing your thing like picking tomatoes from your garden, they will come over and fuck you up. Anyway—-long story short…it was a lesson learned in melittology, the study of bees, through gang violence and an ER visit. Okay, so this—-is there ever such a thing as a bad Lagavulin ? This one is a combination of two barrels —one from 2007 and another from 2013. Both bourbon casks. Personally , I had to add ice—-beyond 46%, I can’t manage too well. But you get immediate aromas of coastal sea air. Taste is classic Lag, hefty dose of peat , coastal salinity , and lemon chutney. If you like the core range 16, you’ll like this a bit more. It’s got more of the same as the 16, but a bit greater horsepower. Highly recommended and priced relatively well ( $85 for a 500ml…so extrapolate that to $130 for 750ml)