Ardbeg 1976 Bottled 1980s Gordon & Macphail

Ardbeg Supernova 2010

For a while, I've been lurking around this site and reading many of the excellent reviews posted. For quite a bit of that time, I've been meaning to start posting reviews myself, but I've never gotten around to it until now - think of it as a new year's resolution of sorts. And what better way of starting the new year than opening a bottle that's...

Score 95/100

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

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 Uigeadail

Having always enjoyed the occasional dram, about a year ago I began to broaden my horizons and investigate the varied delights of this mysterious golden liquid called Whisky. With roughly a year's worth of exploration now behind me, I tentatively embark upon my first review. Even in my whisky infancy, the Ardbeg 10 was a staple choice, an old...

Score 97/100