Ardbeg reviews

We had to wait for it for a very long time, but at last there is a new Amazing Cask from Malts of Scotland. Remember the Bowmore 1995 and Highland Park 1986? Those were great. This new release has the…

Now that the storm about the new Ardbeg had died down a bit, I feel comfortable enough to share my tasting notes with you. Auriverdes can be explained as Auri (gold) and Verdes (green), referring to the…

Ardbeg on sherry cask? You do not see that often. This bottling was first presented at the Festival for Independent Bottlers in Belgium last May and was bottled exclusively for the organizer Jurgen’s…

Introduced a few years ago as a replacement for the legendary Airigh Nam Beist. It's got big shoes to fill so let's see how it does.Tasted with water and allowed to open up for a few minutes.Nose: Do I…

What can I say?I love Ardbeg, I mean LOVE Ardbeg. It was my first Islay love and holds a special place in my heart due to that. Don't get me wrong, I love all the Islay distilleries, Laphroaig, Lagavulin…

My first taste of an Ardbeg, one of the peatiest Islay malts.­Nose – Peat smoke, tar and creosote, fresh pears and pear drops, then a hint of menthol and lots of creamy, buttery vanilla icing and some…

This is, in my opinion, the last of the good special release Ardbegs. I haven't cared much for the stuff that came after like the Day, Galileo and the AuriVerdes - though I quite liked the Ardbog for…

I just realized that for some reason or another I have not posted a review of this batch. When I first met @Victor we tried his bottle of this batch. I thought it was a decent or average batch, and he…

This is a recent bottle that I bought and opened on March 11th. I have tasted it on a number of occasions, but I have only made proper notes 3 times now (one occasion against 3 other batches of Corry,…

So this is the most recent batch of Ardbeg TEN that I have picked up. When I opened it with @Victor in March my very first impression was, “this is a good batch.” Then I tried @Victor’s batch from L10…