Ardbeg Vintage Y2K (2000) 23 Year Old

Ardbeg Dark Cove

This is just a quick review after one glass this evening. Note that this is the general release, not the much higher ABV committee release. I found this to be milder than the Uigeadail, but similar in trajectory. That is, opening with sweet (this time a pronounced and pleasing ex-bourbon sweetness) passing through a lovely middle of subdued sherry...

Score 91/100

Ardbeg 1992-2004 Silver Seal for Collecting Whisky

This 1992 Ardbeg, matured for 12 years in a sherry cask, seems to be one of the best discovery of Collecting Whisky, and should confirm the top level of Silver Seal bottlings. N: huge sherry influence: there's a little peat, but very gentle and in the background, without any smokiness involved. The sherry cask shows orange, raisins; there's a...

Score 90/100

Ardbeg Corryvreckan

I've been putting off writing whisky reviews on here for a long time. I think the two main reasons for that is being 1) I didn't have enough faith in my own ability to do it properly, and 2) reviewing beer is many times easier than whisky. My bottle of Ardbeg Corryvreckan (L10 168) spent a long time as the big and scary, yet unopened peat monster...

Score 91/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

Over the next while, interspersed with other reviews, I'll be revisiting some standard, entry-level single malt expressions that I haven't written on before (but that I've mostly tasted in bars, at parties, etc). Many of you may find this exercise boring but I find it very interesting; it's always good to revisit an old friend (or nemesis) with...

Score 95/100