Ardbeg 10 Years Old
Distillery: ArdbegStyle: Single Malt
Release: Unspecified
Age: 10 Years
Alcohol: 46% abv.
Region: Scotland, Islay
Bottled For: Distillery
Ardbeg Ten Years Old is a very special bottling for the Ardbeg distillery as it is the first non-chill filtered whisky in the Ardbeg range. Chill filtering isn`t a bad thing, in fact it created real consistency of product when the whisky industry was a little more `hap-hazard` than it is today. Ardbeg Ten Years Old is whisky with none of the goodness taken out and as good as straight from the cask.
Color: Straw Gold
Nose: Peat and a hinty of fruit
Body: Full bodied; oily
Palate: Peat surrounds your thongue. Smoke, a bit of salt, burned wood
Finish: Ram bam thank you mam. A long intense warm peat that puts a smile on your face.
If you like peat : this is the one to try. One of my favouriotes. Always present on my cabinet
Color: Pale golden
Nose: A small fire at a naked wood furniture factory. Just a touch of varnish.
Body: As a tiny tingle grows to pinpricks midtongue, the sinuses fill with mellow smoke. Goes down smooth and sure like a Southern belle.
Palate: Peat to spare and a nice tart subplot.
Finish: The warm taste, slight at first, grows to its potential.
A nip of the bog dew in your bivouac just as the fire goes out and the morning fog rolls in. Either that or brilliant merchandising from the Liquid Smoke people.
Color: Straw
Nose: Bonfire, Peat, slightly fruity
Body: Full bodied nicely oily
Palate: Peat, Smoke, Salt, Wet Grass
Finish: Long and peaty. Second hand smoke.
A truly great and approachable Islay. Smoke and peat is not overpowering, but allows more subtle flavours to sneak through.
Color: Pale Gold
Nose: Peat, Caramel, Fresh fruit, Vanilla
Body: First light, then quickly develops to a full body. Wet.
Palate: First nothing. Then Peat, Oak, Bitter notes, and smoke.
Finish: Lovely peat essence, Warming, Enveloping
A beautifully balanced Islay with lovely structure and complexity. Water it for more smoke, but you'll sacrifice the intensity of the finish in doing so. I can't decide which way i like it better. Definitely a whisky worth keeping on hand.
Color: Pale Gold
Nose: Tobacco smoke and the medicinal phenols of peat, some leather, faint hint of honey roasted almonds.
Body: Medium to full body, mouth warming.
Palate: Smokey-sweet taste of peat smoked malt slips under a peppery spice and charred oak taste. I get a taste of campfire towards the end.
Finish: Long lingering spicy notes, a light dry bitter charred oak taste mingles with the smoke.
Right in there with Talisker, Laphroaig and Lagavulin. If you like smokey-peaty you'll love this Ardbeg.
Color: Light straw
Nose: Smoke, peat, some citrus peeks through with a hint of sweetness behind the smoke, but dry overall.
Body: Peat and smoke, slightly oily.
Palate: Some sweetness shows through the smoke. Citrus?
Finish: The sweetness fades to a drier finish and full body. Long, dry finish as the smoke leaves.
This is a big Islay, non-chill filtered. Very fine value and one of Ardbeg's best.