Single Malt Diageo Special Release - Fireside Tales 12YO Bottled 2024
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As a high-proof, cask-strength single malt Scotch whisky, this bottling is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon release and will remain in peak condition indefinitely when stored properly.
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blue cheese, smoked oysters, slow-roasted barbecue beef brisket
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Lagavulin's 12 Year Old Cask Strength is a legendary cornerstone of Diageo's annual Special Releases, highly anticipated by whisky connoisseurs worldwide. Unlike the classic, mellowed 16 Year Old, the 12 Year Old is bottled at natural cask strength, offering a raw, elemental, and beautifully untamed expression of Islay. The 2024 release, subtitled 'Fireside Tales,' continues this tradition of celebrating the distillery's signature peat smoke, maritime brine, and unexpected sweet undertones. Distilled in Lagavulin's slow, pear-shaped stills on the edge of Lagavulin Bay, the spirit absorbs the rugged, wind-swept character of the Islay coast. Historically, the distillery's site has been a hotbed of distilling activity since at least the 18th century, once home to illicit stills before John Johnston legally established it in 1816. This expression captures that rebellious, fiery spirit, matured in hand-selected oak casks to balance the intense, medicinal peat smoke with notes of charred wood, sea salt, and a surprising, delicate orchard fruit sweetness.
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Officially established in 1816 by John Johnston on the southern coast of the Isle of Islay, Scotland, Lagavulin is one of the world's most iconic single malt Scotch whisky distilleries, now owned by Diageo. Renowned for its exceptionally slow distillation process in characteristic pear-shaped stills, the distillery produces a rich, intensely peaty, and complex spirit. Lagavulin's signature style is defined by deep smoke, maritime brine, and dried fruit sweetness, epitomized by its legendary 16 Year Old expression and highly coveted limited releases like the 12 Year Old Special Releases and historic older bottlings matured in oak casks over decades-long periods of quiet aging on the shores of Lagavulin Bay Port Ellen Islay Scotland United Kingdom PA42 7DZ Scotland United Kingdom https://www.malts.com/en-row/distilleries/lagavulin