Ardbeg 1991 8 Year Old Casks# 624 626 Signatory

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

This review isn't going to focus on the particular flavours or aromas of Ardbeg. No. This is more than that, this is about how a great whisky can make you feel.... To add some context, yesterday I had a massive meeting with work. A huge meeting. Since starting my new job, the last couple of months had been building up to this one moment (well...

Score 99/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

Just to be clear from the offset - I can't pretend to not have a deep, almost scared, affinity with this whisky so I will try extra hard to be objective and provide clarity of my experience. This was the first ever alcoholic drink that made me grin ear to ear after a sip (well my 2nd sip to be precise - the first being one of confusion, intrigue...

Score 90/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old bottled 1980s Clear Glass Bottle

I found this Whisky more refined than the Laphroaig 10 year and sweet with less of the smokey peat and Iodine taste. A plus or a negative based on what your trying to get out of the whisky taste wise. From first taste its a smooth sweetness that glides over the tongue into a peat and smoked wood flavour. It has a pleasant hidden kick which gets...

Score 89/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

So on my last trip up to visit (and taste) with @Victor I took the opportunity to pick up (and open) a new batch of Ardbeg (batch L13 241). I opened it at his place and we both tasted it. I thought, “this is a pretty good Ardbeg TEN.” The reaction of @Victor was that it was an inferior batch. He then let me try his open bottle . . . this batch . ....

Score 93/100