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P.S. to the recipe change--when I first started drinking lagavulin about 15-20? years ago, it was $32 a bottle, and no bars had it--then it became hugely popular--remember you could not even get it, at least in Manhattan in New York, for several months about 3-4 years go--then it doubled or more in ...

I believe I have the answer. I read in a fellow whiskey fancier's book on whiskey, several years ago, that Lagavulin had changed it's recipe as it was not selling well, and never really had. This was because the world preferred lighter whiskys--but this was about 16 years go! Remember, tastes change...