Ardbeg 1965 39 Year Old

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

After reading so many reviews, about how good this whisky is, I had to try it for myself. Upon opening the bottle strong smell of peat smacks my face and my wife's, who is 15ft away from me. She thought I brought in our Medicine box/container, which actually smells just like my Ardbeg 10. On the palate it is not as heavily peated as the nose would...

Score 89/100

Ardbeg Supernova 2010

Nose: it shares the same elements as the 2009 edition: oily peat, pepper, tobacco and a touch of citrus and apple. There are bigger notes of graphite and phenols / gouache paint in the 2009 edition. On the other hand Supernova 2010 seems to boast more sweet apple and camomile (some call it soapy because of this, but I don’t really mind). I would...

Score 84/100

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

SMWS 33.80 - A foodie's delight!

Try as you might, its impossible not to get excited when you taste a new Ardbeg whisky for the first time. Let alone a single cask bottling limited to just 242 bottles. This is an 11 year old whisky bottled by SMWS - labeled "A foodie's delight" - and we had the pleasure of sampling it earlier this week. The nose is classic Ardbeg but...

Score 91/100