Lagavulin 8 | Whisky Tasting & Review

[@JosephC9]

"the lagavulin eight...tastes like... a sixteen... that's half done" HAHAHAHA I burst out laughing. I get it I get it, the context of when this was said is important but still 😅😅😅

[@McIntyresMalts]

Haha gotta call it like I see it 😂 Thanks for checking it out!

[@Ridabu]

I loved this one. Rich, bold, exciting, and sharing many similarities with the 16. This 8 year old is not chill filtered like its older brother.

[@McIntyresMalts]

I am glad you enjoyed it my friend, it wasn't for me unfortunately!

[@thomasl486]

I really like the 8th as i almost feel that the cask is too dominant in the 16, and the 16 feels a little drowned by the cask. The foundations of the Lagavulin you find in the 8 year old is more present and brings more to the pallet in my view.

[@McIntyresMalts]

The 12 is the best demonstration of this in my opinion. It gives enough character without being to brash and young like the eight, and it’s not over influenced by Sherry because the 12 is ‘typically’ matured entirely in refill bourbon barrels.

[@johnzajac9849]

It’s very likely that the expression: ‘tons of’, will never leave our vocabulary, Regarding the perception of the taste of scotch whisky, I’m reminded of the comment of a Union officer made after a violent CW battle. He said that his whisky tasted especially good after the tough fighting was over.

[@McIntyresMalts]

I like the way that is worded 🥃

[@johnzajac9849]

@@McIntyresMalts Thanks to you, Lagavulin 8 will be next on my tasting list! Salud!

[@McIntyresMalts]

@@johnzajac9849 Really? I actually don't recommend this one, I didn't like it as much as the 16

[@johnzajac9849]

@@McIntyresMalts The Virginia state store sells it for $99. I will save my nickels for that instead!

[@johnzajac9849]

@@McIntyresMalts BTW. If you can get them, please review the very affordable 'Old Overholt’ (bonded), a rye whisky, and ‘Teeling', an Irish whisky. Old Overholt is said to have been a favorite of Gen. Ulysses Grant and gunman/gambler Doc Holliday.

[@revolvermaster4939]

I don’t dislike it, but it’s not the equivalent of Wee Beastie, I love that 💩!

[@McIntyresMalts]

I haven't tried the Wee Beastie because this put me off younger Islay whiskies 😔

[@revolvermaster4939]

@@McIntyresMalts maybe it’s my unsophisticated palate, but I was blown away at how good a 5 YO Ardbeg is!

[@McIntyresMalts]

@@revolvermaster4939 no such thing as an unsophisticated palate my friend, we like what we like!

[@Dai240888]

I agree. I like the Wee Beastie a lot more than this. And Lagavulin 16 is pretty nice, but the 8 just mediocre for me. I have been told Ileach is a mystery malt (a single malt from a Islay destillery which name is kept hidden and sold for a cheaper price) which should come from Lagavulin. I have the Ileach Cask Strength which should be pretty cheap and I like it alot. Taste and price is really good in my opinion. Islay mystery malts are many like Smokehead High Voltage or Finlaggan Cask Strength, Port Askaig, Mac-Tala Mara or Scarabus. Some KZbinrs dislike the Ileach Cask Strength and put it on the lowest rank of these all, but for me it's the best of these. I only tried Ileach Cask Strength, Mac-Tala Mara, Smokehead High Voltage and Finlaggan Cask Strength yet (and rate them in this order with Ileach as the best). As for a peathead i would recommend these all to try as they are really good in pricing.

[@revolvermaster4939]

@@Dai240888 never heard of or seen them