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Distillation
has now began at the Lagg Distillery on the Isle
of Arran and the new
distillery is expected to open to
visitors in the early summer of this
year.
The
Isle of Arran Distillers’ new Lagg
Distillery recently reached a major new milestone
when its stills came to
life and the first middle cut of spirit
was recorded on Tuesday 19th March at
14.35. Following this, the commissioning
phase has now been completed and Lagg
Cask Number One was filled on Wednesday
10th April.
Lagg Cask Number One, a Sherry Butt
exclusively reserved for members of the
Lagg Cask Society, has been filled with
a heavily-peated (50ppm) spirit, at a
traditional filling strength of 63.5%.
This spirit is expected to mature into
the rich, earthy, smoky, Lagg Single
Malt which will be very different in
character to what the Isle of Arran
Distillers’
currently produce at their original
distillery at the northern end the Isle
of Arran in Lochranza.
Master Distiller, James MacTaggart,
said: "It’s incredibly exciting to be
taking the very first steps in producing
what will eventually be a magnificent
Lagg whisky and something truly unique
to anything we’ve produced previously."
Whisky lovers can be part of the
exciting story of the Lagg Distillery,
by purchasing one of the first casks to
be filled at the distillery, and
becoming members of the Lagg Cask
Society. For more information, visit
www.laggwhisky.com
Over half of the casks reserved for this
offering have now been sold, and with
distillation underway, it is expected
that each of the 700 casks for the
society will soon be filled.
In terms of site construction, the
distillery & visitor centre is now
entering its final stages and is on
track to open in early summer of this
year. Work to the outer structure is now
complete, and inside many of the
elements of internal design are starting
to come together.
It is expected that once open, the Lagg
Distillery and Visitor Centre will
increase total visitor numbers at both
sites to over 200,000 by 2020.
It will be at least a few years before
you will be able to sample Lagg single
malt whisky but meanwhile you will find
Isle of Arran Distillers’ current Arran
single malt whisky range available from
specialist online whisky retailers such
as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of Malt
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