Articles tagged with: Ardbeg Month
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It’s week #3 of August and It’s Ardbeg Month. Time for tasting the Supernova 2010 Release, I’ve been waiting a long time to sample.
The Peat wars continue, and this time with Ardbeg’s peated beast – 2010 version. Peated to over 100 ppm (a bit lower than the Octomore 2.2 released this year ) It’s Ardbeg’s most violent, and peaty of …
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The Ardbeg Uigeadail is on of my top 5 drams period. The excellent combination of peat and sherry is wonderfully implemented in this one giving it multi-dimensional qualities beyond phenols and the peat. Today however, we arrive at tasting a very unique sort of Uigeadail : Young Uigeadail (YU), or OOgling as it is sometimes referred to.
The YU expression was …
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1974 was an interesting year. It saw the beginning of of IRA bombing in mainland UK, Richard Nixon forced to resign after the Watergate scandal , Worldwide inflation and economic crisis, Paris CDG airport opening, and Germany (then called ‘West Germany’ winning the world cup. Indeed a very interesting year. In this same year, on a little Island on …
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Good day whisky lovers, Islay fans, and Ardbeg worshipers
Ardbeg is one of the most famous and hyped of Islay distilleries, and is also one of my favorites. Since it’s Re-opening in 1997 it has been releasing some of the most interesting expressions around, all with high quality and amazing demand, fueled by the remarkable Marketing/PR teams at …
