Scotland’s Lagg Distillery will quickly launch their three inaugural single malt batches, beginning with Batch 1 this month.
On the south finish of the Isle of Arran, Lagg’s distillery staff is placing the ending touches on the fruits of a number of years of labor.
Distillery Supervisor Graham Omand mentioned that he and his staff have “poured into making our Lagg Single Malt the strong, complicated and earthy west-coast fashion that we hope you’ll get to know and love.”
Lagg Inaugural Releases (picture through Isle of Arran)
The Lagg Distillery and its customer heart was established in 2019, and the whisky model has since labored to create a closely peated, fashionable single malt Scotch whisky, Omand mentioned.
A press release from the distillery notes that for the inaugural releases, the staff used Concerto malted barley, water from their very own borehole, and peat from Aberdeenshire which provides the light, fragrant, woody smoke to the spirit of Lagg.
Omand labored as a stillman at Lochranza Distillery on the north finish of Arran for a number of years studying from his uncle, former Lochranza Grasp Distiller James MacTaggart. He gained the data and expertise to supervise Lagg Distillery’s building and to guide a brand-new staff within the south of Arran.
“It’s each stillman’s dream to be given such an incredible alternative to handle a fantastic web site like Lagg,” Omand mentioned. “I’m going to ensure it’s a legacy that I’ll be proud to say I helped construct. We’re delighted to lastly announce the very first inaugural single malt releases from Lagg.”
Lagg Distillery inaugural releases:
BATCH 1
Batch 1 is 100% matured in ex-bourbon barrels for 36 months and was made utilizing Concerto barley. It’s made with peat from Northeast Scotland and the peating degree is 50PPM. It’s non-chill filtered with no extra coloring and is bottled at 50% ABV. This batch is a restricted launch of 10,000 bottles worldwide.
BATCH 2
Batch 2 is matured in ex-bourbon barrels for 30 months and completed in 55-liter ex-Oloroso Sherry Casks for six months. It was made utilizing Concerto barley and peat from Northeast Scotland and the peating degree is 50PPM. It’s non-chill filtered with no extra coloring and is bottled at 50% ABV. This batch is a restricted launch of 10,000 bottles worldwide.
BATCH 3
Batch 3 is matured in ex-bourbon barrels for 30 months and transferred into 50-liter dx-Rioja Crimson Wine charred casks for six months. It was made utilizing Concerto barley and peat from Northeast Scotland and the peating degree is 50PPM. It’s non-chill filtered with no extra coloring and is bottled at 50% ABV. This batch is a restricted launch of 10,000 bottles worldwide.
The instructed retail value for all three batches is £75, and will probably be obtainable to buy from specialist whisky retailers.
It is going to even be obtainable from the Lagg Distillery Customer Middle and there will probably be a small allocation obtainable through the poll system at www.arranwhisky.com this September.
