Please and Thank You: Nick Offerman and Lagaveline just dropped another edition of their single malt

Tequila is the leading spirit when it comes to celebrity-endorsed brands, but there are a select few who have chosen the whiskey route and actually endorsed some quality products (sorry, Drake, Virginia Black is not one of them). Actor, writer, woodworker, and self-described whiskey aficionado Nick Offerman teamed up with Islay distillery Lagavulin a few years ago, and details of their fourth joint release have just been announced: A Smoke Dar single malt with a Caribbean rum cask finish.

Lagavulin Offerman Edition: Caribbean Rum Cask Finished Aged 11 Years is the name of the new single malt, and everything you need to know about the whiskey is laid out right for you. It’s an 11-year-old single malt distilled at an Islay distillery that was initially aged in bourbon and sherry casks before being finished for more than eight months in Caribbean-sourced rum barrels. We haven’t received a sample of the liquid yet, but the official tasting notes are tantalizing: lemon meringue, honey, vanilla, toffee, cinnamon, and sea saltiness on the palate, balancing “tropical flavors and earthy character.” . “I’ve been accused of wanting to create the perfect dram to sit and sip while watching my favorite mermaid musical, so that I feel like a Scottish-Caribbean underwater siren princess,” Offerman said. ,” a typically literal and sarcastic statement. “I have only this to say to these ridiculous abusers: what I do in my time, whether under the sea or above it, is nobody’s business but my own. Slàinte mhath.”

This new whiskey follows three other Offerman-Lagavelin releases, all single malts aged 11 years: Offerman Edition 11 Year Old, Guinness Cask, and Chard Oak Cask. Although finishing single malt scotch in rum barrels is not a new technique, it can result in an outstanding whiskey as evidenced by expressions such as Balviny Caribbean Cask, Glenfiddich 21 Year Gran Reserve, and Tumentol Caribbean Rum Cask Finish. Is. The new Offerman Edition: Caribbean Rum Cask Finish looks like it recently won double gold at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, the fourth time this collaborative whiskey series has earned the medal. If you want to try it for yourself, it’s available now (SRP $90) from websites like Bar And Pippa.

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