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Lagavulin distillery is a malt whisky distillery in the village of Lagavulin on the south of the island of
The distillery of Lagavulin officially dates from 1816, when John Johnston and Archibald Campbell Brooks constructed two distilleries on the site. One of them became Lagavulin, taking over the other—which one is not exactly known. Records show illicit distillation in at least ten illegal distilleries on the site as far back as 1742, however. In the 19th century, several legal battles ensued with their neighbour Laphroaig, brought about after the distiller at Lagavulin, Peter Mackie, leased the Laphroaig distillery. It is said that Mackie attempted to copy Laphroaig's style. Since the water and peat at Lagavulin's premises was different from that at Laphroaig's, the result did not match. The Lagavulin distillery is located in the village of the same name.
Lagavulin is known for its producer's use of a slow distillation speed and pear shaped
International
Islay
Islay ( ; gd, Ìle, sco, Ila) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides", it lies in Argyll just south west of Jura, Scotland, Jura and around north of the Northern Irish coast. The isl ...
, Scotland. It distills spirit that will become Islay single malt Scotch whisky.
Lagavulin is owned by Diageo
Diageo plc () is a Multinational corporation, multinational alcoholic beverage company, with its headquarters in London, England. It operates from 132 sites around the world. It was the world's largest distiller before being overtaken by Kweich ...
, a multinational beverage alcohol company headquartered in London. It was previously marketed under the ''Classic Malts'' range of single malts, which is now defunct.
The standard bottling is a 16-year-old, bottled at 43% ABV. They also bottle a Distiller's edition, finished in Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks. Alongside these, they regularly release a 12-year-old cask strength version and various older and rarer expressions.
The name ''Lagavulin'' is an anglicisation
Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...
of ''Lag a' Mhuilinn'', the Scottish Gaelic for ''hollow of the mill''.
Distillery
The distillery of Lagavulin officially dates from 1816, when John Johnston and Archibald Campbell Brooks constructed two distilleries on the site. One of them became Lagavulin, taking over the other—which one is not exactly known. Records show illicit distillation in at least ten illegal distilleries on the site as far back as 1742, however. In the 19th century, several legal battles ensued with their neighbour Laphroaig, brought about after the distiller at Lagavulin, Peter Mackie, leased the Laphroaig distillery. It is said that Mackie attempted to copy Laphroaig's style. Since the water and peat at Lagavulin's premises was different from that at Laphroaig's, the result did not match. The Lagavulin distillery is located in the village of the same name.
Lagavulin is known for its producer's use of a slow distillation speed and pear shaped pot still
A pot still is a type of distillation apparatus or still used to distill liquors such as whisky or brandy. In modern (post-1850s) practice, they are not used to produce rectified spirit, because they do not separate congeners from ethanol as eff ...
s. The two wash stills have a capacity of 11,000 litres and the two spirit stills of 12,500 litres each.
Accolades
International spirits ratings
With a growing number of offerings, such as those produced by an increasing number of microdistilleries, various mechanisms have arisen to provide reviews and opinions of individual varieties of spirits. These events generally use expert panels ...
competitions have generally given Lagavulin's 16-year spirit extremely high scores. The San Francisco World Spirits Competition, for instance, gave the 16-year four consecutive double gold medals between 2005 and 2008 and has awarded it gold medals in the years since. '' Wine Enthusiast Magazine'' put the 16-year in its 90–95 point interval in 2004. Spirits ratings aggregator proof66.com, which averages scores from the San Francisco Spirits Competition, ''Wine Enthusiast'', and others, classifies the spirit in its highest ("Tier 1") performance category.
Managers
*Jack Wilson circa 1974 *Neil Gillies, 1975–1980 *Ian Marland, 1980–1983 *Alistair Robertson, 1984–1988 *Grant Carmichael, 1988–1995 *Mike Nicolson, 1995 – October 1998 *Donald Renwick, 1998–2005 *John Thomson, 2005–2006 *Graham Logie, 2006–2008 *Peter Campbell, 2008–2010 *Georgie Crawford, 2010–2018 *Colin Gordon, 2018–2020 *Pierrick Guillaume, 2020-2022 *Jordan Paisley, 2022-Cultural references
* Michael Schur, co-creator of NBC's ''Parks and Recreation
''Parks and Recreation'' (also known as ''Parks and Rec'') is an American political satire mockumentary sitcom television series created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. The series aired on NBC from April 9, 2009, to February 24, 2015, for 125 ...
'' made Lagavulin the drink of choice of character Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman
Nicholas David Offerman (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor, writer, comedian, producer, and carpenter. He is best known for his role as Ron Swanson in the NBC sitcom ''Parks and Recreation'', for which he received the Television Critics A ...
), featuring it throughout the series.
** The Lagavulin distillery was featured in the two-part opening episode of the show's sixth season, titled "London."
** The Lagavulin distilery was bought by Ron Swanson in the last episode of the show's seventh season, titled "One Last Ride."
* In The West Wing (season 3, episode 15, titled 'Dead Irish Writers
The third season of the American political drama television series '' The West Wing'' aired in the United States on NBC from October 3, 2001 to May 22, 2002 and consisted of 21 episodes and 2 special episodes.
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'), Lagavulin was featured as the drink of choice of Lord John Marbury ( Roger Rees).
* Lagavulin 16 was offered to the character Lionel Toussaint (Leslie Odom Jr) as his preferred drink in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
See also
*List of whisky brands
This is a list of whisky brands arranged by country of origin and style. Whisky (or whiskey) is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted ...
* List of whisky distilleries in Scotland
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