Is there a shortage of Lagavulin 16 in the UK at the moment?

[Whiskyisart]

Prices for Laga 16 have been stubbornly high for a few months - around £65 on most online shops rather than £50. I’d heard a rumour that the American market had gone mad for Lagavulin and therefore most of the stock was pointing in that direction increasing the price here?
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[Quaich1]

If you think it's expensive in the UK, it's the equivalent of 92 pounds in Canada or $154.95 Canadian dollars a bottle. Also, on our Ontario, Canada LCBO website (the only place you can buy whisky in Ontario), they list the ABV of Lagavulin now as 42.9% which is either a print error or it has dropped a tad in ABV. Apparently there are only 218 bottles left for the whole Province of 15 million people. Go figure....Sounds like a shortage.
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[Crane]

It is even out of stock in Diageo's own online whisky shop malts.com so i would say they may have a problem meeting demand. In recent years they have released a few younger expresion such as a 8 year old anniversary bottling and a Game of Thrones 9 year old, the popularity of these bottlings may have impacted maturing stock levels for the 16 year old especially if it has had a surge in popularity.

[Whiskyisart]

That is seriously expensive in Canada!! How much of that will be duties and taxes?

I hadn’t even noticed it had sold out on malts.com… it is most definitely a shortage.
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[unblended]

used to be readily availiable at tescos havent seen any for a while
now the eight year old seems readily avaiable

[davidbe]

This happened back in February as well, almost completely out of stock, then back in stock everywhere until now