Ardbeg reviews

Nose: Telltale Ardbeg smoked peat; old motor oil; vanilla bean; fresh thistle sap; road tar; fried green tomatoes; BBQ potato chips.Taste: A smoky affair: good quality Ardbeg smoked peat; burning Oregon…

I'm an auction junkie. It is literally the most irritating habit I have. Every time I'm checking out obscene amounts on various auction sites for bottles that I may or may not really need I promise my…

Ardbeg ‘Renaissance’ was launched in 2008 as the first 10-year old bottling entirely comprised of whisky produced after the acquisition by Glenmorangie in 1997. I brought a bottle to the last of Ardbeg’s…

My love affair with peated whisky began with my first introduction to peat. I wasn't on the fence, I was absorbed. Ardbeg - it's all your fault. I just want to nose this all night. This is crisp and…

Bottle just opened, so it hasn't aired out or oxygenated much. Here are my initial impressions: It is very ashy indeed. On the nose, quite young with hints of mescal. Reminds me of PC5, but not in as…

I drank my glass with a few drops of water. Actually, I use a dropper to get the attenuation just right. In my case, I prefer to add just enough drops to keep a bit of the sting on my tongue but not so…

This bottle is one of the oldest in my collection, I use it largely as a reference to judge more recent purchases as I remember being bowled over by it on first sampling. I’d tried several malts before…

At first the nose is quite surprising with is dichotomous personnality. It is very Ardbeg with its big charred smoke, peat and seasalt; but the big hay, white oak, wet grass by the sea (not seaweed) and…

THIS is a dram worth paying for. Nose: Smells like Christmas basically, fruit cake, pine, brackish water and the outdoors generally. It's not an ATG nose but it hints at what's coming.Mouth: Surrenders…