Ardbeg 1993 10 Year Old Sarzi Amade Italy Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Ardbeg 1990 Airigh Nam Beist

This is a bottle I opened on 10/10/2008. This was the first release of the Airigh Nam Beist from 2006 (so the sixteen year old version) made from a mixture of first and second fill ex-bourbon casks (no sherry here!) When I tasted it the bottle had been open for 3 years and then decanted into a smaller bottle. I tasted it next to the Ardbeg 1977...

Score 93/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

Immediately peaty with a touch of smoke blooms into puckering and weaze. Reminder of Glenfiddich without the honey, drier, and peatier. Spiney on the tongue and a taste that rolls away before the feeling does.

Score 70/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

Ardbeg is a wee Islay distillery that has risen to near legendary status, thanks in no small part to claims like this one of Jim Murray’s: “Unquestionably, the greatest distillery to be found on Earth.” (No hyperbole there, I’m sure.) To many, their 10 year-old is a benchmark peated malt Scotch whisky; much like the Lagavulin 16 year-old, the...

Score 86/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

Found notes on the Old Ardbeg 10, last drams, tucked in a drawer. Nose: Licorice, and oily, tarry Sherry sweets. Freshly varnished fence posts. Stewed apples and lemon peel. Sea salt. So much goin on, people are afraid of it because they don't know what to think. Body: fizzy cola, cough medicine, winter spices, then salt and red wine, but fruity...

Score 33/100