No Lagavulin in B.C.??

I've bought Lagavulin in BC, most recently just before Christmas. Never heard of a ban.

Sounds like someone has the Lagavulin shortage mixed up with the Cardhu single/vatted malt kerfuffle.

There is currently a limited supply of the Lagavulin 16, and most smaller liquor stores have none on the shelves most of the time. The stores with better selections -- Cambie and 39th in Vancouver, for instance -- are more likely to have some at any given time.

I've heard nothing about a ban, though. The stores I visit still have (empty) shelf space marked for the Lagavulin. And it's still listed on the bcliquorstores Web site:

Cardhu apparently has a shortage as well, and has introduced a vatted malt, "blending" other distilleries' product with their own and calling the result a "pure malt," which is widely considered misleading. I don't recall for sure now whether there was a resolution to the dispute in which Cardhu's owners, Diageo, agreed to clarify the label.

Here's a recent thread discussing that situation:

cheers.

bill

Bill, Thank you for the explaination, and for the links. I think you're correct about the owner (who is new to the business) confusing the Cardhu situation with Lagavulin. The way he explained it was similar to what you wrote about Cardhu.

I'll just keep checking the stores for Lagavulin!

-Mike

"Bill Boei" wrote:

Lucky you! I couldn't find any after around mid-November!

- Mike

Yikes!! I suppose with the huge popularity of single malts, there is a large temptation to do that.

I saw that "Isle of Jura" has made a blend called "Superstition" - it is sold as a blend, though, and not particularly misleading.

Bromo,

Superstition is a single malt.

Dreck

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According to the Isle of Jura it is 2 different single malt whiskies from Jura mixed together (1 is a lighter one, one is heavily peated). Would that still be a single malt?

From their website:

"Superstition is a union of two Jura styles - one bold, strong and peated, the other warm and delicate. It is created from the marriage of traditional Islay style peated barley and a selection of aged malts. The result is a first in malt whisky and a sensational new taste experience for drinkers."

Yes, it's still a single malt - made entirely from malted barley and the product of a single distillery.

When it was first mentioned there was some confusion about the "traditional Islay style" component. Some thought that refered to malt from one of the Islay distilleries which would be mixed with malt from Jura, but in fact both the lightly peated and heavily peated components were both distilled at Jura.

Bart

Thanks for the clarification. I am relatively inexperienced at single malts

- I have a bottle of 12 yr. Macallan, 12yr Lagavulin, 12yr. Balvenie, and an almost empty 10yr. Laphroiag.

it is NOT a blend and shouldn't sold as such. it IS, although, a blending of different year's/styles from the same distillery and is therefore still a Single Malt.

Dave

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Sorry, my mistake. It is a blending of 2 different whiskies of the same distillery. They *do* make a big deal of it, however.

I've found just the opposite situation Bill.

Nothing for some time at the Cambie store and other "Specialty Stores" like the one in West Van, or here in Whistler, but several bottles found at a smaller WV store, and at the stores at both Old Orchard and Middlegate shopping malls.

I travelled a lot last year (125k air miles in 10 months) and saw NO Lag 16 in any of the many duty-free stores I visited in Europe, and the USA after the first few months of the year. I was down to about 4 drinks in a litre of Lag that I'd bought in the LAX store in February, so it was a red-letter day when a buddy tipped me to the Old Orchard store!

Interesting. I haven't seen it in the West End stores I visit for months.

I picked up a bottle in a (privatized) Alberta liquor store over Christmas. It was widely available there, and generally at $15 to $20 less than in B.C.

bill

malts- I have a bottle of 12 yr. Macallan, 12yr Lagavulin, 12yr. Balvenie, and an almost empty 10yr. Laphroiag.

Things do not get much better than this.

You might run out and add an Ardbeg 10 and a Bowmore 12 and then you are ready for the nuclear war and bunker time.

If you have any chance to still manage to pick up this Signatory Clynelish

Just like probably 99.9% official bottling single malts...

Cheers, Rajmund

Noticed from internet pictures that it is not marked with a age. Perhaps that is the distinction.

Anyone know where one can buy a bottle? I am located in Western NY State.

if you look around, a lot of bottles don't have an age on them. many single malts are "constructed" from different years' production to achieve a particular taste/nose/colour.

I think one of the things about Superstition is that they "designed" it - if that makes sense???? !!!! ????

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