Ardbeg 1991 8 Year Old Cask #616 Signatory

Ardbeg Blasda

Our local whisky club had met for the second time a couple weeks ago and the evening was slowly winding down. Everyone had encountered whiskies that they enjoyed with the members trying Ardbeg Galileo, Aberlour Abunadh, Talisker 10 year old, Glenmorangie Nectar D'or and a semi unfortunate Jameson's 12 year old. My brother in law had joined me in...

Score 80/100

Ardbeg Uigeadail

THIS is a dram worth paying for. Nose: Smells like Christmas basically, fruit cake, pine, brackish water and the outdoors generally. It's not an ATG nose but it hints at what's coming. Mouth: Surrenders quite surprisingly after a really busy introduction. Spice and smoke have a wrestle up front as the whisky finds every sparkle in your mouth....

Score 91/100

Ardbeg 13 Year Old 1991 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

This Ardbeg was distilled in March 1991 and botttled by Douglas Laing at the ‘ideal drinking strength’ in October 2004. Hence is is 13 years old. It is as pale as straw. Everything about this nose is soft: the fruitiness, the smoke, the greasy coals. Apple sauce, gooseberry and bonfire in the distance, if you know what I mean? A lot of mint and...

Score 83/100

Ardbeg Perpetuum

Has the hype died down a bit? Good, then we can get to work. In front of me is the Perpetuum (which means something like ‘for all eternity’) that you could only get at the distillery during Feis Isle and will now cost you between 200 and 500 EUR… I crawl back into my seat, after having dropped to the floor in surprise. Next to it is the ‘regular’...

Score 86/100