Ardbeg 1974 Provenance USA Bottling 24 Year Old

Ardbeg 10 Year Old bottled 1980s Clear Glass Bottle

I found this Whisky more refined than the Laphroaig 10 year and sweet with less of the smokey peat and Iodine taste. A plus or a negative based on what your trying to get out of the whisky taste wise. From first taste its a smooth sweetness that glides over the tongue into a peat and smoked wood flavour. It has a pleasant hidden kick which gets...

Score 89/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

Like the Corryvreckan, this has a smoky sweet nose and the scotch envelopes the tongue on contact. Salt enters after the sweetness, and the finish is very fresh and vegetal. I like the Corryvreckan as well, but this has a slight edge for me and costs a lot less.

Score 92/100

Ardbeg 1999 Galileo 12 Year Old

Nose: at first very soft but impressions of banana cream pie and macadamia nuts. If inhaled too deeply/quickly/fully, a sharp anise of pumpernickel. A few minutes, then pencil erasers join in, then the main theme of-- if you've ever had them-- dried pineapple crisps. Not much peat unless you're really looking for it. The final stage of lift-off...

Score 85/100

Ardbeg 1990 Airigh Nam Beist

Nose: soft thick peat, toffee, orange peel, coals, sea saltiness, soft wood Palate: Very creamy, salty tang, Ardbegs standard Omnipresent smoke and peat but soft, dried green apple, toffee, buttermilk, cream, sweet vinilla, cereal grains, some nuts (walnuts, almonds) Finish: Smooth and soft smoke and peat yet very creamy, slight vinilla sweetness,...

Score 89/100