Ardbeg 1999 Galileo 12 Year Old

The best that exists on this planet

Reviewed by
Connosr member:

GT2

Date:

11th Sep 2012

Reviewer rating:

100

About this score:

Nose: 25
Taste: 25
Finish: 25
Balance: 25

The average score for this whisky is 89.

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Tasting Notes by GT2

App- Deeper bright gold for Ardbeg. Thick, rambunctious legs.

Nose- Out of this world no pun intended. Sharp mango and moldy white grapefruit are unseen before in this style. Very sharp chamomile as always with vanilla bean ice cream, cinnamon and clove, starfruit and kumquat.

Taste- Rich and oily with nectar fruit acid. Mango and grapefruit sweetness blend with vanilla bean dessert and baked apple pie.

Palate- Mildly hot with rich oil, bitter tea herbs, vanilla bean husk.

One of the brightest and certainly the most fruity Ardbeg. Very easy to enjoy. Easy shoe-in for my favorite Scotch so far.

Whisky details

Distillery/Brand:

Ardbeg

Bottling:

Ardbeg 1999 Galileo 12 Year Old

Region:

Islay

ABV:

49%

Colour:

Sunlight

Ardbeg 1999 Galileo 12 Year Old The best that exists on this planet Reviewed on 2012-09-11T20:26:00 scoring 100/100 by GT2

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Comments

Sroberts86 wrote:

Got a bottle waiting for me in Scotland when I am back so haven't tred it yet. This must be your favourite thing you've tried, nothing would improve it for you?

11 September 2012 21:58

GT2 wrote:

I don't think there is any room for improvement- it's definitely my favorite so far. Doesn't need to be sipped as slowly as others and it is brighter/fruitier than anything I've had in the smokey realm.

Again, I'm not an expert and have only had the whiskeys pretty much that I've reviewed. I have a bottle of Alligator arriving soon so will compare it to that. Though I can already guess that the Alligator with be sharper smoke and the Galileo with be softer fruits.

11 September 2012 22:15

Victor wrote:

I understand that a whisky can manifest to a person as not being capable of being improved upon, and I can even imagine giving a whisky 100 points, though I don't believe that I will ever do that myself, but...I do not think that a person can possibly call a whisky "The best that exists on this planet" without having sampled every whisk(e)y that exists on this planet.

11 September 2012 22:19

GT2 wrote:

well then we will never know the truly best whiskey in the world- but it was mainly a pun on the outer space gimmick

11 September 2012 22:21

Sroberts86 wrote:

Well there are as many worlds best as there are drinkers but I think your enthusiasm stellar

11 September 2012 22:55

Antallodos wrote:

Awesome, I'm getting excited about this one. I've got two bottles in my cabinet; one for tasting and one for... tasting in a few years.

27 September 2012 21:34

Antallodos wrote:

Make that 3.

29 September 2012 17:36