Lagg, Inaugural Release Batch 1, Ex-Bourbon Cask (700ml)
Lagg Distillery,
Inaugural Release Batch #1,
Ex-Bourbon Cask
50% ABV
Batch 1 is 100% matured in Bourbon Barrels for 36 months and was produced using Concerto barley and water from Lagg's own borehole. The distillery uses peat from North East Scotland and the peating level is 50PPM. It is non chill filtered with no additional colouring and is bottled at 50% abv. This Batch is a limited release of 10,000 bottles worldwide.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Notes of citrus and elderflower nicely integrate with bonfire smoke. Also touches of forest floor, damp moss and tinned fruits. Whispers of embers, ash and tobacco leaves too.
Taste: Oily mouthfeel with vegetal peat, tinned pineapple and ripe bananas, but also whiffs of white pepper. Slightly astringent, hints of plaster and a medicinal touch. Liquorice too.
Finish: Lingering spices, sauerkraut and medicinal peat. Long with a tinge of ash.
About the Distillery:
One island, two distilleries. For hundreds of years, to increase their income, small Arran communities made their own spirit in illicit home-made stills. The resulting whisky, which became known as ‘Arran Waters’, was smuggled from Lagg and sold on mainland Scotland. Lagg distillery revives this legacy, albeit this time legally, of coarse!