Lagavulin 12y/o Special Release 2022 57.3%ABV 30ml Tasmania brandy and even rum than

brandy and even rum than it is with whisky

Palate: Blackberry jam

frighteningly intense aromas of soot and smoke lie in wait

French oak super Apera cask for 26 months before being finished in a wet refill 20L American oak ex rye whiskey cask for just over 4 months

They were given 75 minutes to put together a blend of as many or as few of the casks as suited their palates

Lagavulin 12y/o Special Release 2022 57.3%ABV 30ml Tasmania brandy and even rum thanThis has been consistently one of the best annual releases for decades. Every year Diageo releases a 12 year old Lagavulin aged in refill American oak bourbon casks and the distillate shines the peat is more apparent than the 16 year old core release and at cask strength there is a lot more flavour. If the 16 is the Beatles, the 12 is the Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin and it rocks Its a classic . In 2022 they have tinkered with this classic formula