[Leica] Re: Lagavulin supplies (WAS: OT: What about England)

[langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer)]

On 12/15/05, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
>
> The 16 year old is the standard version, the Distiller's edition is
> probably the selection of better barrels (the convertible version),
> and the cask strength is just more alcohol and concentrated taste.
> Consider it the same as the difference between pparfum and essence de
> parfum.
>
> Is this informed speculation, or based on actually trying these?  I've had
examples of "special editions" of whiskies that were not as good as the
standard version, so as often as not, these can be overpriced marketing
plans.  I was just curious to see if anyone on this list had actually tasted
these versions and thought that they were an improvement over the regular 16
yr. old.

Mark