Lagavulin is my favorite distillery. These are the whiskies that I first fell in love with. Many great Lagavulin’s coming but this was a nice reminder.

Lagavulin is amazing for sure...no matter which way you look at it.....the fact it is still so good even with chill filtration and color added just adds to it's impressiveness!

My first Scotch was a Glenfiddich 12 and I didn't like it. Then I had a Glenlivet 12 and I didn't like that one either. But then I had a Lagavulin 16 and this is what started my Scotch whisky journey. Cheers 😁👍🥃

Lagavulin 16 was my brother's favourite Scotch for over a decade... up until 2020, when we had the Laphroaig Lore. We haven't had any Distiller's Editions, or 12 (Cask Strengths), yet... but P/X sounds phenomenal- so thank you, Mike & Dustin, for making this comparison video- Slàinte Mhath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇲🥃🤠🥃🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I will agree that the Lagavulin 16 is one of the best peaty scotch I have had. I love the smoky sweetness on the nose and the delicious lingering honey, smoke sweetness when you take a sip. I have the Lagavulin 2017 distillers edition that I will be opening soon. I will have to look for the 2016 as I have hope of finding one after knowing it is still on the shelf in some places. Great review. Cheers you magnificent whiskey people.

I like both of them a lot... Haven't had either in a while... I'm due!

Distillers Editions are 15 years if I’m not mistaken usually 🤔 Dessert in a glass, absolutely delicious. And the standard 16 has nothing off-putting about it. VERY well rounded and balanced with a nice smoke. The 12’s tho, oh man those grab my attention and keep it with that higher ABV. They all have a place in my bar, always. Pretty fantastic stuff at a pretty reasonable price. Cheers 🥃

I've nearly finished the 16 and its been a great drop but the 8 was a waste of money it pales in comparison to the 16 and Distillers Edition. The fetching price for the 16 in Australia is around 150-180 so its steep but worth it. Good review always honest malt mates.

I’ve only ever heard negative things about Lagavulin DE so I never bought it. But due to this review, as I value both of your opinions, I’ll certainly buy a DE my next chance.

Great review guys. Lagavulin 16 made me passionate to learn more about Scotch and sent me on my journey. Have you guys heard any rumors about the Lag 16 being discontinued, at least temporarily, due to upcoming stock shortages?

LOVE this DE, the Lagavulin DE is one of Diageo's better versions of Distiller's Edition. A great example of the DE improving upon the core offering (IMO), which isn't always the case.

Lagavulin may be my favorite distillery. I just wish I had purchased some of the older stuff before the prices went skyward. Yesterday I looked @ Binnys website, the 16 is still $79.99 a great buy. But the older stuff has been out of my price range for years. I just can't find any under $2,000.00

hi Mike, ever had lagavulin distillery only 2010 bottling? this one was pretty much lagavulin DE cask strength, because these were casks supposed to go to vatting of lagavulin DE, but it was too outstanding to put into massive vatting, so distillery team decided to bottle it separately

Used to really like the 16 back in the day, but the last couple of bottles just didn't really hit the mark for me. So I'd have to say they have kind of gone down for me. I am a big fan of the 12 cs tho.

I completely agree with what Mike says about the Lag 16 - "It's such an enjoyable flavour" - damn right! I drifted away from Lagavulin 16 a few years ago, like many of us did, due to the low abv. I dabbled with the 8 but wasn't convinced about that one. The main beast was Lagavulin 12 which we all thought was the boss. The thing is, I've become increasingly divorced from the 12 as the price has drifted in Diageo's shameless rip-off territory. So, about a year ago I bought my first Lagavulin 16 for years and it was an amazingly pleasant reunion. I'd forgotten what a really well made whisky it is. Tons of smoke but so well integrated with the sixteen years and some very nice sherry. Very good sherry in fact. Some distilleries have a single expression which is a benchmark for that distillery's character; Talisker 10; Kilkerran 12; Ardbeg 10, etc. They may, or may not, be our favourites but they are the expression by which we judge the other expressions and their value. I think Lagavulin 16 is that expression. I find it delicious and exceptionally drinkable. I'm reconverted. We all want Lagavulin 16 to have higher abv, of course, but there are reasons why Diageo don't do that and, for once I would, grudgingly, understand. Lagavulin 16 is part of Diageo's Malts of Scotland range and sits in bars and restaurants all over the world. Unlike us, most of the customers in those establishments will find 43% to be high strength and it's peaty too so quite a challenge. If they raised it to 46-48% the price would have to increase quite considerably for a sixteen year old Islay malt with sherry from a legendary distillery. That would put it out of the price range of millions of casual buyers. It wouldn't make any business sense unless they made two versions of it but I don't think the distillery could cope. We ought to remember, as well, that the real reason for the production of Lagavulin is to provide filler for the blends. I have to confess that I've never had the Distillers Edition or any Diageo Distiller's Edition where you charge more and chuck PX in it. It's a bit crude really. You will be interested to know, I have friend that is sitting on a 1980. He might well let it go if you're interested. Naturally, I want him to open it and share it with me as I've shared so much of my stash with him. Great episode chaps. WT

Thanks for the review; surely helped me to decide not to buy the Lag DE

Last year's Lagavulin DE is a NAS... No distillation date on the bottle.

Lagavulin 16 seems impossible to get around my area these days

I'd definitely keep the sherry out of my Lagavulin & Laphroaig.

#dothelaga the best staples right there my friend

Lag or Talisker Dist Ed?

I made an expensive mistake I bought the distillers editions at a much higher price than the 16 But honestly I much prefer the 16 over the distillers edition The PX casks remove all the edginess of the Lagavulin 16