The Sou’Wester Lagg Distillery Exclusive (70cl, 40%)

The Sou’Wester Lagg Distillery Exclusive is a whisky. Bottled at 40% ABV, 70cl. Opened on Arran in 2019 by the people behind the distillery in the north of the island, Lagg is situated at the southerly tip and focuses on a more experimental form of whisky production, particularly in terms of heavily peated spirits. Made from barley with a phenol content of 50ppm and using peat from across Scotland and sometimes further afield, the process also includes some scientific investigations to understand the impact of making even the slightest alterations. The distillery itself was designed to resemble the contours of the island as it would look from Ailsa Craig and the sedum blanket covering the roof contains a mix of plants that change colour throughout the year. The Sou’wester is a rich and peaty blended Scotch whisky with a high proportion of malt whiskies. The distinctive peated malts in this blend come from Islay and Arran which are both exposed to the prevailing Sou’wester wind in the seas off the coast of Scotland. This was a Lagg Distillery exclusive.