$199 with taxes Canadian and it's my favourite peated scotch! This was my gateway into peated scotch and I adore it. Ardbeg and Laphroaig along with Kilchomen are all fabulous! I love the core expressions! The Lagavulin 8 is less expensive and a bit rough around the edges but it's definitely worth trying! I savour this scotch! The Offerman Charred expression is amazing and the Distiller's Edition is wonderful! The flavours are outstanding to me! I love sipping a couple of drams of this beauty!! I never add water. Every palette is different! I find Lagavulin exquisite, classy, complex and very delicious! I love the Ardbeg Ten, the UIG and the Coreyvreckan for a higher ABV! For $90 a bottle I'd buy a case! I buy at $200.00!! Yes let it breathe! 20 minutes for sure! Love Talisker as well but I prefer more peat. However for the maritime notes I do enjoy Talisker! Briney which I can't get enough of! The latest 12 aged in Tequila isn't a fave and at over $200 in Vancouver I have passed on that one based on many reviews! But this one is spectacular!! Lagavulin 16 is sophisticated and nuanced! Great video! Interesting! Cheers! 🙂
For Islay I prefer the Port Charlotte over most anything else. The Offerman was great and I enjoyed the few Octomores I have tried. I liked Ardbeg over Laphroaig. I'm guessing that I didn't let it open up enough AND I don't think the small bottle helped it at all. Going to keep looking for other releases...this didn't turn me off of Lagavulin just wasn't what I had hoped.
@@ExploringWhiskey I also love the Port Charlotte, Offerman editions, especially the third (didn't love the Guiness), Distiller's Edition - Lagavulin. I also adore Ardbeg. I find Lagavulin elegant, sophisticated and refined. I think a bigger bottle to explore helps! Just my opinion. I think the Octomores are delicious. But Lagavulin holds a huge place in my heart. I find a lot more ash that you do but I have spent a lot of time with this expression. Oh! I prefer this scotch without water - most actually! Cheers! 🙂The price is worth it for me - I'd grab two cases if I could get Lagavulin 16 for $90 each!! The Lagavulin 12s have been amazing - pricey and worth it (I'd skip the 2023 with a Tequila finish - I never love a Tequila finish!) - always - to me! Favourite distillery!
So...to me there's 2 things in play here. First, anyone drinking scotch should try Lagavulin 16. It's a fundamental kind of thing...like Twinkle twinkle little star or your A, B, Cs. Now...whether you ever go back for it again or have it a part of your bar going forward...that's to each their own. Second, the creator here seems (my impression) to have come in with super high expectations. Any time your expectations are that high, it's super difficult for any whiskey to meet it. Go into buying Lagavulin 16 (or any other whiskey) with moderate to average expectations. Let it surprise you (or not). Let it paint the picture. Let it tell the story. Any time you go into with such strong pre-conceived ideas...the more difficult it will be for whatever your drinking to live up to it.
You are 100% correct that I had high expectations. I've had other expression from them that I loved and so many other great Islay whiskies. This was always kind of the gold standard of Islay's but it really didn't hold up to that but the pricing sure seems like it should!!! A LOT of whiskies have excited me since starting this channel, many have lived up to or exceeded my expectations...this is not one of them.
Sure - the 16 is a great scotch. Very singular. But at over $200 CDN per bottle (around 117 british pounds), no thank you. There is much better value to be found in other bottles.
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$199 with taxes Canadian and it's my favourite peated scotch! This was my gateway into peated scotch and I adore it. Ardbeg and Laphroaig along with Kilchomen are all fabulous! I love the core expressions! The Lagavulin 8 is less expensive and a bit rough around the edges but it's definitely worth trying! I savour this scotch! The Offerman Charred expression is amazing and the Distiller's Edition is wonderful! The flavours are outstanding to me! I love sipping a couple of drams of this beauty!! I never add water. Every palette is different! I find Lagavulin exquisite, classy, complex and very delicious! I love the Ardbeg Ten, the UIG and the Coreyvreckan for a higher ABV! For $90 a bottle I'd buy a case! I buy at $200.00!! Yes let it breathe! 20 minutes for sure! Love Talisker as well but I prefer more peat. However for the maritime notes I do enjoy Talisker! Briney which I can't get enough of! The latest 12 aged in Tequila isn't a fave and at over $200 in Vancouver I have passed on that one based on many reviews! But this one is spectacular!! Lagavulin 16 is sophisticated and nuanced! Great video! Interesting! Cheers! 🙂
For Islay I prefer the Port Charlotte over most anything else. The Offerman was great and I enjoyed the few Octomores I have tried. I liked Ardbeg over Laphroaig. I'm guessing that I didn't let it open up enough AND I don't think the small bottle helped it at all. Going to keep looking for other releases...this didn't turn me off of Lagavulin just wasn't what I had hoped.
@@ExploringWhiskey I also love the Port Charlotte, Offerman editions, especially the third (didn't love the Guiness), Distiller's Edition - Lagavulin. I also adore Ardbeg. I find Lagavulin elegant, sophisticated and refined. I think a bigger bottle to explore helps! Just my opinion. I think the Octomores are delicious. But Lagavulin holds a huge place in my heart. I find a lot more ash that you do but I have spent a lot of time with this expression. Oh! I prefer this scotch without water - most actually! Cheers! 🙂The price is worth it for me - I'd grab two cases if I could get Lagavulin 16 for $90 each!! The Lagavulin 12s have been amazing - pricey and worth it (I'd skip the 2023 with a Tequila finish - I never love a Tequila finish!) - always - to me! Favourite distillery!
So...to me there's 2 things in play here. First, anyone drinking scotch should try Lagavulin 16. It's a fundamental kind of thing...like Twinkle twinkle little star or your A, B, Cs. Now...whether you ever go back for it again or have it a part of your bar going forward...that's to each their own. Second, the creator here seems (my impression) to have come in with super high expectations. Any time your expectations are that high, it's super difficult for any whiskey to meet it. Go into buying Lagavulin 16 (or any other whiskey) with moderate to average expectations. Let it surprise you (or not). Let it paint the picture. Let it tell the story. Any time you go into with such strong pre-conceived ideas...the more difficult it will be for whatever your drinking to live up to it.
You are 100% correct that I had high expectations. I've had other expression from them that I loved and so many other great Islay whiskies. This was always kind of the gold standard of Islay's but it really didn't hold up to that but the pricing sure seems like it should!!! A LOT of whiskies have excited me since starting this channel, many have lived up to or exceeded my expectations...this is not one of them.
Sure - the 16 is a great scotch. Very singular. But at over $200 CDN per bottle (around 117 british pounds), no thank you. There is much better value to be found in other bottles.
I guess that is more my point, it good whisky BUT there is better for much less!!
We all have our loves and faves!
you're getting ripped off. The bottle goes for 105 CDN over here.
Delicious but overpriced now. Ardbeg 10 is at least as good for less money (but still not cheap).
Agree that Ardbeg 10 is as good or better for a better price!!!