Lagavulin

Producent

Distillery Founded 1816 by John Johnston. Name from the Gaelic Laggan Mhouillin - ‘hollow where the milll is”. Control passes to Peter Mackie 1890. Second distillery, Malt Mill, opened 1908. Explosion and fire 1952 - rebuild brings mash tuns entirely under cover for the first time. Malt Mill closed and stills transferred to Lagavulin still-house, 1962. All four stills converted to steam heating, 1969.Lagavulin is one of Scotland’s “essential” distilleries, on a cramped, chaotic, wildly romantic site. Demand heavily exceeds supply. Intense character from: own richly peaty water supply; heavily peated barley; unusually long fermentation - up to 75 hours; slowest distillation of any Islay malt; long maturation, aged 16 years.