Ardbeg 1997 'Very Young' For Discussion

Ardbeg Uigeadail

This batch is from May 29 2013; bought and opened 11/12/13. So this is the most recent batch of Uigeadail I have found in Virginia . . . my advice is skip it. On a recent cold winter night I put it up against two other Uigeadail batches: my favorite batch L11 028 and the recent L13 058. Again, I score each bottle in 5 categories comparing all...

Score 85/100

Ardbeg 1990 Airigh Nam Beist

750mL scored at a hole in a wall in Maryland for $130 a bottle. Alright, sounds good to me seeing that DC bottle shops will try to dupe you into paying $250 for a bottle of Supernova and $150 for a bottle of Corryvreckan. The Beast pours super pale straw with beads forming quickly with a swirl and thin, delicate legs. Nose is more Highland than I...

Score 90/100

Ardbeg 1998 Renaissance

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 200th anniversary dinners on 24 October 2015, during which the bottle was consumed almost entirely, leaving just a wee rest from which I put...

Score 88/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

My first Connosr review was an Ardbeg 10 over a year ago now - how time flies! I've made it no secret I'm a big Ardbeg fan and make it a norm to have at least one bottle of the ten a year. So how is this one holding up then? Review is from a double pour, neat but sat for ten minutes or so. Bottle has been open a few weeks with about a third...

Score 88/100