Ardbeg 1978 Bottled 1999

Ardbeg 1990 Airigh Nam Beist

I won't bother with tasting notes, since very few people can secure a bottle of The Beast. Here are my impressions of the last glass I tasted (about two weeks ago): Nose utterly fantastical and nearly otherworldly. I couldn't stop myself from nosing it, inhaling almost as if I were "huffing" some sort of illegal drug. There is a deeper,...

Score 92/100

Ardbeg 1998 - Almost There

This is the third release of Ardbeg ‘Almost There’, distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2007. ‘Almost There’ was the third bottling of Ardbeg’s “Peaty Path to Maturity”, following ‘Very Young’ and ‘Still Young’. The bottle code is L7 058 21:40 ML. The nose is quite briny to start with, just a bit phenolic, and rather earthy. Smoke is there too, not...

Score 88/100

Ardbeg Perpetuum

Today I feel to treat myself with something is right down my alley. Ardbeg is one of my favorite distillery but I neglect it recently. So I poured myself a dram of Perpetuum from a bottle that have been opened for at least 6 months but that is still 90% full. Let see how it goes. Nose I have vanilla, straw, pear, mint and citrus that combined with...

Score 88/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

My wife and I had gone to Helvetica for a series of whisky and chocolate tastings and we'd finally progressed to the last pairing of the night. Now this last whisky to be tasted with a chocolate was a whisky that most people would likely think wouldn't be a good whisky for it. I know I was semi skeptical. That whisky was Ardbeg. Specifically...

Score 88/100