finlaggan. rawr.

the wild beast of islay. love it. like if laphroaig had hair on it's chest.

cheers! Doc

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Doc Martian
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It's one of a number of young Islays bottled by independents without the distillery of origin identified. If memory serves, Finlaggan is either a young Lagavulin or a Caol Ila, depending on when it was bottled.

These malts tend to have a similar character to their older brothers, but be somewhat rougher and more fiery. As you've found, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Plus, they tend to be much cheaper.

You may also want to keep an eye out for Dun Bheagan and The Ileach, both pretty certainly young Lagavulins and very tasty.

The McClelland's Islay is unmistakably a young Bowmore, but relatively less fiery than some of the other youngsters.

bill

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Bill Van

personally? i wonder how many of our scottish ancestors ALWAYS drank 12 yr. old malts. i'd guess that like any other culture... they'd quaff 5-7 year old liquors during the majority of the year and save the 12 year old stuff (and older) for the holidays. the sale of older whiskys probably had something to do with trucking a bottle across the ocean or to italy... or to up the price on malts used for blended scotch in neighboring nations.

cheers! Doc

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Doc Martian

btw.... add a little bit of water to it.... and it becomes very verry smooth.

cheers! Doc

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Doc Martian

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