Ardbeg reviews

When the first batch of this Traigh Bhan was released, people went nuts, because an Ardbeg with age statement – a lovely 19 years to boot – is not something you see every day. That batch will now set you…

Ardbeg has a new bottle of whisky in its collection. Its name is Ardbeg wee beastie 5 yo. I should be very happy, but I am a little dissapointed. It is an animal indeed. It is a very nice animal. It…

Not the first I've tried, mind you, but the first I've owned. Not sure why it took me so long.On the nose, there is warm, thick, sweet, perfumed, enveloping smokiness. A different quality of smoke that…

The Ardbeg Committee – a worldwide free-to-join club of Ardbeg aficionados – gets its own yearly Committee Release. For 2020 it was this BlaaacK, a NAS release but at cask strength (for other mortals,…

For Ardbeg Day 2020 the Islay distillery launched a sheep theme. Ardbeg claims to be very different from all other distilleries on the island and therefor calls itself the black sheep. Well, well, the…

You have to admit it: Ardbeg has guts. For as long as I can remember the Ten was (and is!) the entry level malt – and a very good one too! An absolutely brilliant Ardbeg. And while they added the An Oa…

Last time I sipped Corryvreckan was summer 2010. That comes as a surprise (well, to me at least) as it is my second favorite Ardbeg trumped only by the Uigeadail. It is named after a dangerous whirlpool…

My wonderful wife picked us up a bottle of this on NYE (too much of it was consumed that evening), and now a cold, rainy Saturday afternoon seems like a nice time to properly sit down and do a review.…

With a new Supernova release in the offing, I finally decided to open my bottle of the Supernova 2015 committee release that I had bought at the distillery in October 2015. It was launched to celebrate…

It's difficult to be critical of Ardbeg without attracting a fair amount of shade from its hardcore fan base, you know the kind of folks who will respond to every lackluster review of a special release…