Ardbeg 1978 19 Year Old Cadenhead's

Ardbeg Corryvreckan

While I’m admittedly reluctant to become an Ardbeg fanboy, there’s no getting around the fact that their whisky is consistent, their adherence to quality is respectable, and their house style is something to behold. And if you are an Ardbeg fan, you need the Corryvrecken. They’ve done away with the lower abv of the 10 and the sherry of the...

Score 91/100

Ardbeg 1999 Galileo 12 Year Old

If anyone wants to know how to build a cult following have them intern with the folks over at Ardbeg. Who would have thought of sending new make spirit up in space? And then releasing an expression commemorating that? Say 'hello' to the Galileo. I would like to say it has a typical Ardbeg nose but it doesn't. I mean it has the trademark peaty...

Score 89/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

Nose: Creamy smokiness, zesty tang of lemon and limes, earthiness, strong peat, slight saltiness. Palate: Oily, buttermilk, strong expresso milk coffee, burnt toast, peat and smoke builds, keeps a creaminess, slight notes of dried pears and banana, some spices of cinnamon and nutmeg. Finish: smoky earthiness, milky coffee, slight roasted nuttiness...

Score 88/100

Ardbeg Oogling Committee Reserve

Colour: pale gold. Nose: Smoky, sweet some tobacco and a bit of tar and rubber come in at 2nd whiff. really smoky stuff, i can think of smoked fish and Ham which you buy at delicatessen shops. fresh off the smoker, with sweet burnt sugar hovering above. lovely stuff. maybe a wee fisherman's village. Sherry influence is evident in spite of the 1-3...

Score 90/100